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51. Necklace

Museum number:: 5-13278
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Tanzania

52. Necklace

Museum number:: 5-13280
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kenya

53. Offering bowl

Museum number:: 5-13449
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 96.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 9/26/76

54. Open reel audiotape

Museum number:: 24-146
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Audio reel tapes and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 7.2 Sound Communication
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria

55. Penis case

Museum number:: 5-622
Culture or time period:: Nguni
Object class:: Penis sheaths
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa

56. Penis case

Museum number:: 5-621
Culture or time period:: Nguni
Object class:: Penis sheaths
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa

57. Penis case

Museum number:: 5-623
Culture or time period:: Nguni
Object class:: Penis sheaths
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa

58. Scabbard

Museum number:: 5-13286b
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Scabbards
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kenya

59. Sculpture

Museum number:: 5-13447
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Sculpture (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 59.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

60. Shield

Museum number:: 5-331
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Shields (armor)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Eastern Africa