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1. Abrader and flake

Museum number:: 5-11976
Culture or time period:: Neolithic
Object class:: Abraders
Collector:: Andrew B. Smith
Collection place:: Karkarichinkat, Mali
Collection date:: February 1972

2. Abraders and debitage

Museum number:: 5-12012
Culture or time period:: Neolithic
Object class:: Abraders and Hammerstones
Collector:: Andrew B. Smith
Collection place:: Karkarichinkat, Mali
Collection date:: February 1972

3. Adze

Museum number:: 5-4054
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 40.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

4. Adze

Museum number:: 5-2978a,b
Culture or time period:: Tiv
Object class:: Adzes
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Akwa, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

5. Adze

Museum number:: 5-4053
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Adzes
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 37.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

6. Adze blade

Museum number:: 5-340
Object class:: Adzes
Collector:: Alfred Cazalas
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire

7. Adze blade

Museum number:: 5-344
Object class:: Adzes
Collector:: Alfred Cazalas
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire

8. Adze blade

Museum number:: 5-343
Object class:: Adzes
Collector:: Alfred Cazalas
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire

9. Alligator

Museum number:: 5-6315b
Culture or time period:: Isoko
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Philip Peek
Collection place:: Emede, Nigeria
Collection date:: June, 1966

10. Amber

Museum number:: 5-15974
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown