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1. Adze

Museum number:: 5-6895
Culture or time period:: Karamojong
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Collection date:: April 1967

2. Adze

Museum number:: 5-13400
Culture or time period:: Rendille
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:: Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Collection date:: Summer 1977

3. Amulet

Museum number:: 5-15213
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Amulets
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 7.7 centimeters
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

4. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-11695
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 20 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. Animal figurine fragment

Museum number:: 5-510
Object class:: Figurines and Fragments (object portions)
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Egypt

6. Arrow

Museum number:: 5-6687
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 60 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Uganda
Collection date:: July 1967

7. Arrow

Museum number:: 5-1731
Culture or time period:: Tindiga
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collection place:: Kenya

8. Arrow

Museum number:: 5-1733
Culture or time period:: Tindiga
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:: Kenya

9. Arrow

Museum number:: 5-16880
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 79.3 centimeters and width 1.9 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

10. Arrow

Museum number:: 5-16881
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia