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41. Arrows

Museum number:: 5-3038a-d
Culture or time period:: Birom
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Du Village, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

42. Arrows

Museum number:: 5-10210a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: f— length 80.5 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, b,c— length 81 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, and d,j— length 81.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

43. Audio recording

Museum number:: 24-342
Culture or time period:: Kru tribes
Object class:: Audio reel tapes
Maker or artist:: Thorques Sie [Kru]
Function:: 7.2 Sound Communication
Collection date:: June 1929

44. Awl

Museum number:: 5-7971
Culture or time period:: Loma
Object class:: Awls
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:: Bokeza village, Liberia
Collection date:: 1964-65

45. Axe

Museum number:: 5-15169
Culture or time period:: Kanouri
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:: Lake Chad, Niger

46. Axe

Museum number:: 5-7974
Culture or time period:: Loma
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:: Bokeza village, Liberia
Collection date:: 1964-65

47. Axe handle

Museum number:: 5-14323
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: height 48.5 centimeters
Collector:: Baba Kaba and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

48. Bag

Museum number:: 5-2972
Culture or time period:: Tiv
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Baduku Market, Tsar, Nigeria

49. Bag

Museum number:: 5-3027
Culture or time period:: Birom
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Du Village, Nigeria

50. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10277
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Bags (generic containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collection place:: Nigeria

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