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Hearst Museum object titled Animal head, wood, accession number 5-2667, described as Carved wooden buck head; snout and horns painted black; made from Mushakashela wood; (Swartzia madagascarensis); 11” l.

Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-17011, described as Dance axe with carved wooden handle and hand forged bladed. Blade is "T" shaped with an arc shaped blade edge. Handle is straight, tapered, & flared at base and finished with a large egg-shaped knob at top. Tang of blade come through the back of the top knob and is bent upward. A band of wire is 2 cm below the knob. 1962.

Hearst Museum object titled Divining implement, accession number 5-17034, described as Device made of a piece of an animal's pointed horn. The broader end of the horn has a white button imbedded W/ some type of mastic. A plant fiber cord is attached through a hole in the horn, and tied to a short, plainly carved, straight stick.

Hearst Museum object titled Divining implement, accession number 5-17033, described as Device, possibly for divining, made of 10.0 cm of an animal's pointed horn which is hollow. The open end of the horn has 10 holes drilled along the edge, and threaded with a string of white seed beads. A piece of mirror is imbedded through a pair of slits the horn from side to side 2.2cm from the open edge. The mirrored surface faces the open end of the horn. Some type of adhesive was originally applied to the mirror shard to hold it in place, the residual of which is present on one side. A round , drilled or burned through the horn at 4.0cm from the open edge, on one side, may form a hole through which a cord can be strung to wear the object.

Hearst Museum object titled Divining implements, accession number 5-17028a-d, described as 4 carved ivory divining implements, each tapered to a point at one end and rounded or blunt at the other. Each is decorated on one side and undecorated on the other. (A) 8.5cm long x 2.0cm wide, decorated with 3 incised zig-zags from middle toward tapered end, which go from edge to edge. (B) 10.2cm long by 2.2cm wide; decorated with an incised "X and a dot near the tapered end + a single dot 2.5cm from the blunt end. (C) 9.0cm long x 1.9cm wide; decorated with 2 "V"s near the tapered end. (D) 7.7cm long x 1.8cm wide; decorated with 8 single dots and one double dot, randomly placed on the surface, and notches on either side 1.5 cm below the tapered end. Part of the equipment of a man convicted in Southern Province of acting as a witch finder. 1957. Part of outfit: 5-17033 and 5-17034.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2673, described as Carved wooden figure; Liksihi figure; represents Minerigo dancer; covered with knitted costume; 13.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2662, described as Carved wooden buck; “Mubanga” wood; (”afrormosia anglosensis”); “curio.” Height 14.60 cm. Length 13.34 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2663, described as human figurine

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2661, described as Carved wooden elephant; “Mubanga” wood; (”afrormosia angolensis”); “curio.” For sale to whites. Height 10.16 cm. Length 17.78 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2666, described as human figurine