Culture or time period: African cultures / Materials: Hair (material)

Museum number:: 5-16868
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 36.5 centimeters, length 69 centimeters, and height 10 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

Museum number:: 5-15913a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: 5-15913b— height 23.5 centimeters and 5-15913a— height 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:: 1953?

Museum number:: 5-15595
Culture or time period:: Fon
Object class:: Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-6641
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Bowl lyres
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: sound box— width 25 centimeters, sound box— length 33 centimeters, sound box— height 10 centimeters, width 49 centimeters, and length 60 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: November 1966

Museum number:: 5-1979
Culture or time period:: Tuareg
Object class:: Ropework (genre by technique) and Ropework (visual works)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:: Agadez, Niger

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