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Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-4191c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-4190b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4191a-d, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; cloth carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-D) Arrows (sulam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 54-60.5 cm long. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.

Hearst Museum object titled Awl and sickle, accession number 5-4217, described as Combination basketry awl and grass sickle (guadza); iron; curved knife with elongate pointed handle; 18 cm long.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-5463, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; rawhide strip sewn bark to base; rim dia. 34 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4338, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar) with grass bundle foundation; made by child as "exercise piece," rim diam. 22.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-5461, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; rim. dia. 31 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-5460, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; indented basal protrusion; rim dia. 44 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4167, described as Coiled basket (gadagar); tree bark coiled around grass bundle foundation; 45 cm high, 64 cm max diameter.

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