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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 Snuff container, accession number 5-13283, described as snuff bottle w/ cover; (a) container of cape buffalo horn w/ central band w/ rectangles in relief; h. 6.3 cm.; metal chain attaches container to cover (b) of leather faced w/ varicolored glass seed beads; diam. 4.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16934, described as metal and wood spear. long, leaf shaped blade on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip which in turn attached to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.

Hearst Museum object titled Spear shaft, accession number 5-16935, described as wooden spear shaft. 3.5cm at top, tapering to a point which is metal clad. hole in wide end to accept the tang of the spear point. wide end finished with a metal collar.