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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. 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

3. Arrow shaft

Museum number:: 5-4567
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 14.5 centimeters
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

4. Attached wooden bowl

Museum number:: 5-1667b
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

5. Axe

Museum number:: 5-16341
Culture or time period:: Ba Luba
Object class:: Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Dimensions:: width 8 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

6. Axe

Museum number:: 5-1816
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.9 Multiple Utility
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

7. Axe

Museum number:: 5-1815
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

8. Axe

Museum number:: 5-16342
Culture or time period:: Tsogo
Object class:: Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters, length 35.7 centimeters, and height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1967

9. Axe

Museum number:: 5-15401
Culture or time period:: Ba Pende
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Dan Stuhlmueller and Walter Herzog
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1981-1983

10. Beaded gourd jug

Museum number:: 5-6012a,b
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: a— height 51 centimeters and b— height 10 centimeters
Collector:: Calvin Townsend Fund and Harry H. Rayfield
Collection place:: Cameroon
Collection date:: Dec. 1966

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