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Hearst Museum object titled Casting, accession number 5-4893, described as Cameroons brass casting - Large mask - collected by Paul Gebauer - Photo in Gebauer’s movie - 161/2”H by 111/2” W

Hearst Museum object titled Charm figure, accession number 5-13050, described as Charm Figure: standing male, anthropoorphic figure; head, neck, bent knees carved wood; parallel incised scarification marks on face, beard and arms concealed by red clay; fur and featheres behind neck and near penis; on modern wood mount. H = 30.3 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-13481, described as Cup with handle; incised diagonal designs in over-under pattern; patinated brown wood;

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-8786, described as Cup; wood; brown; cylindrical body with tapered pedestal and round base; all-over interlocking triangular short design.

Hearst Museum object titled Divination animal, accession number 5-12977, described as Figure, elongated animal (Lele dog) carved on stomach and front legs; fiber thong around neck; tall and 2 legs broken.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-8784, described as Lele (Bashilele) Drum. Purchases 1964, from Agnes M. Vanderleenen, 19 Rue de Joncker, Bruxelles. $110 + $75.61 shipping.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-14331, described as Drum (kopl); small columnar standing drum with finely engraved wide geometric band at top; leather head has two damaged areas and is attached with wood nails, some missing;

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-8789, described as Figure, wood; sitting with right leg bent back underneath; black clothes: and conical hat; both hands in grasping position; light colored face with black moustache and goatee; square base.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15658, described as Carving, half-figure, wood, handcarved; woman (?) with pointed chin and funnel-shaped hole in top of head (twig inserted laterally across opening); hands resting on stomach; leather skirt over woven fiber undergarment; oiled surface; on square pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, figure noted as tacky from the glazing.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2207, described as Black figure of drummer; inflexed position on a pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, found with a bag of unnumbered fragments.