Culture or time period: Mafa tribe / Function: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Charm, accession number 5-4359, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = "stone millet"); gritty clay molded over lizard egg; said to represent the male; L. 9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4363, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); chunk of crystaline quartz; represents the female (?); with 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4360, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = "stone millet"); goat horn core; exact significance unknown; L. 10.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4361, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); red stained quartz pebble; also used as mulet against diarrhea (water in which stone was immersed is drunk as medicine); L. 6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Chisel-pointed bolt, accession number 5-5454, described as Iron chisel made from an old bolt; L. 8.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cobble, accession number 5-4358, described as Basalt cobble with ridge on top; ridge used to shape iron objects by smith; w. ca. 19 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fire lighter, accession number 5-4330, described as Iron "strike a light" fire starter (melde), horseshoe shaped; L. 7 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Grinding stone, accession number 5-4242, described as Granite grinding stone (vova); hemispherical; w. 11 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hammer, accession number 5-4354, described as Iron hammer; cylindrical; hand forged; no handle; L. 21 cm.