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Hearst Museum object titled Bridal crown, accession number 7-1135, described as Bead bridal crown with wood cover (b c) diameter on top 11 in, height 7.75 in; painted “dirty” white color; iron handle; pad inside; crown in tray (1135a)

Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 7-7717, described as Fan made of silk and wood with black ground and handles, varicolored designs, and floral and bird motives; plain weave, painted, lace, grosgrain ribbon; 13.5" long.

Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 7-7722, described as Silk and wood fan with black ground and handles, varicolored designs, and bird and floral motives; plain weave silk, painted, cord with tassel, lace; 13.25" long.

Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-10182, described as headdress; wood; painted Wooden Egungun mask (or headdress); painted. Egigun, fancy. By Baba Alawode, Iganna, 150, 1938. Depicts a Mohammedan on horse; red, white, blue. (son of Baba Alawode?) H = 33.5 cm, Dia = 16.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Rice cutter, accession number 9-23312, described as Rice cutter. Bamboo stick with wood and metal pieces attached.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21287a,b, described as a and b: Pair of sapphire blue, thick soled shoes for an older woman. Patterned satin with sewn-on narrow black braid in diamond and crab apple pattern. Upper edge piped with black satin. Tip and heel seams reinforced with donkey leather covered, except for the lower heel part, with the blue satin material. Tip additionally reinforced by embroidered patches of satin. Uppers lined with white cotton cloth. A narrow white and a broader black piping separates the uppers from the sole. The cobalt blue piped inside of black and white cotton cloth is loosely stitched to the lining of the uppers. The 1.7 cm-thick sole is tapered off toward the middle both at the tip and the heel. Overall length of shoe: 24.5 cm; length of outer sole: 17 cm; greatest width of outer sole: 7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21288a,b, described as Pair of child’s pink and black shoes with gray tassel. Pink patterned satin uppers over green, black, and white piping, an appliquéd black braid under the upper edge and a black cotton upper border in two tiers. Tip covered with heavy-duty cord-embroidered black satin. On either side, an endless knot of black braid, the loose end of which ends at the tip of the shoe in a split-stitched line and scroll. Under that, a black, embroidered chrysanthemum. Same near heel. Uppers lined with coarse, white cotton. Bottom sole wood, twine stitched. Overall length: 20.5 cm; length at bottom of sole: 16.4 cm; greatest width of sole: 5.6 cm; length of tassel: 5 cm.