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Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-6117, described as Vertically hafted adze; iron blade; wood handle; L. 70 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-14199, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-13400, described as Adze—wood; hook-shaped handle with circular metal blade tilted over short end of handle. Length 46 cm, width 19.4 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-8542, described as Adze, steel, round tipped blade sleeved over wood handle which forms an acute angle, 45.7 cm. long.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-14198, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-6116, described as Adze; metal blade covered at base with rhino skin; wood handle; L. 41 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze or axe, accession number 5-4641, described as Iron adze/axe head. All iron is made by Falasha men and sold or traded to Amhara, Qemant, and Wayto.
Hearst Museum object titled Animal figure, accession number 5-14351, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Animal hide, accession number 5-13672, described as UTAH-KI_RIOT= "skin of goat"., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13672, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 17. File code: 2.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Goat skin, dried, stretched at edges from being tied. Context of use: Made by women and girls. *Used for clothing for girls and women; also used for trade. Description: Skin; goat; dried with fur. L=96 cm. W=72 cm. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #XE TN 17.
Hearst Museum object titled Anklet, accession number 5-6102, described as Anklet; solid metal bent in a circle and tied with wire, passing through five metal bottle caps. Worn by women around the ankle, often several of them. Found in deserted Masai village.

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