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1. Bangle bracelet

Museum number:: 5-16970
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Object class:: Bangles
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 12.4 centimeters and width 2.5 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

2. Bangle bracelet

Museum number:: 5-16971
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Object class:: Bangles
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 8 centimeters and width 2.8 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

3. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-16973
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 7 centimeters and width 2 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

4. Brass cross

Museum number:: 5-1499
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Ethiopia

5. Charm

Museum number:: 5-8500
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Addis Ababa market, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

6. Earrings

Museum number:: 5-784a,b
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Earrings (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Mushuru, Kajiado, Kenya
Collection date:: 1947-1948

7. Ear spoon

Museum number:: 5-8502
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Addis Ababa market, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

8. Ear spoon

Museum number:: 5-8504
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

9. Ear spoon

Museum number:: 5-8503
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Addis Ababa market, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

10. Finger ring

Museum number:: 5-8501
Object class:: Rings (finger jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Awash (town), Afar Region, Ethiopia