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Hearst Museum object titled Seed necklace, accession number 5-6050, described as Warrior's necklace; Leleshua seeds strung on thin twisted leather; L. 71 cm. Field note: "String made of sinew, thin leather and leleshua seeds.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed necklace, accession number 5-6051, described as Warrior's collar; Leleshua seeds with cow sinew on leather bands; L. 50 cm.; w. at center 2 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 5-1988b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 5-13178, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-7035, described as Cow skin treated with cow grease and red ochre; decorated w/ multicolored beads
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 5-1986, described as Spear; double pointed/ spear end curved and very long
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16936, described as Masai spear; unbarbed leaf-shaped head on steel shaft. this shaft is attached to a wooden shaft which in turn is attached to a second steel shaft. the second steel shaft is decorated with a collar of hide having black hairs. blade is protected with a strip of leather along the edge and secured with a leather thong.
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-5746, described as spear; iron lanceolate-shaped blade and iron ferrule over wood shaft; used for hunting lions; length 172 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.

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