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Hearst Museum object titled Board (decorated), accession number 5-16323, described as wooden board with red & black braided leather covered handle. decorated with Arabic script on both sides, in red and black. decoration may have been done in ink. text and decorations differ on each side
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-16309, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted; European hair style; red and black paint or ink define features, hair, fingers, toes, band at waist (black, and dotted band from waist to hip (red) Purchased from Lagos store Conservation: Toes of left foot broken away.
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-16310, described as Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16679, described as carved wooden figure, long neck and arms, short legs. male, black scarification on each cheek, and on a small base.
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16675, described as carved wood doll with red and black decorative markings at neck, abdomen, around hips and on front of thighs; toes, and fingers colored black. hair black. facial features highlighted with black and red. long legs, very short stumpy arms.
Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait, accession number 6-21378a, described as Mummy portrait with sketch on reverse. Obverse side: nearly effaced, finished encaustic female portrait; Reverse side: sketch of female subject in carbon ink with Greek instructions for artist.

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