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Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-16342, described as Shogo or Tsogo axe with carved wooden figure; figure has white inset eyes. blade is mounted through mid-chest of figure, and is decorated at wide end with stamped dot pattern and small serations along bottom edge. wood figure acts as axe handle. Purchased at auction from estate of John T. Coulthard

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16292, described as carved wood, male, flat headpiece, head, neck, arms, legs, penis, buttocks; standing, stylized straight lines on face. Purchased at auction from the estate of John T. Coulthard

Hearst Museum object titled Gong, accession number 5-16343, described as Wood, carved upper in the form of a head/neck. Base is of metal (iron?) Purchased from J. J. Klerjman

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1788, described as Mask with two faces, curved horns and feather headdress (ngu mven or nlo ekota); 14 ' from nose of one face to nose of the other. Family origin indicates Bakota influence and accounts for abstract rendering of one face. European face typical of recent dance (1940-1960) called Ngwan Ntaugan. Height of mask only (without horns): 34.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 5-1618, described as Flat, wooden anthropomorphic sculpture of Mbulu-Ngulu, spirit of the dead & guardian of the basket containing ancestor's skulls; sheet copper overlay; height: 64.7cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wood and metal figure, accession number 5-12998, no description available.