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1. Applicator

Museum number:: 5-13011c
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Cosmetic applicators
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

2. Basketry bag

Museum number:: 5-11845
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Bags (generic containers), Basketry (object genre), and Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1973

3. Basketry cap

Museum number:: 5-13017
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

4. Basketry cap

Museum number:: 5-13016
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

5. Basketry cover

Museum number:: 5-13015
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Basketry (object genre)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

6. Bent wooden stick

Museum number:: 5-13037
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Percussion beaters
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

7. Bracelet section

Museum number:: 5-13014
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

8. Carved female figure

Museum number:: 5-13578
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

9. Carved figurrine

Museum number:: 5-14027
Culture or time period:: Kissi
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

10. Carved wooden figurine

Museum number:: 5-12999
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Shenge, Sierra Leone