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1. Amulet

Museum number:
5-15573
Culture or time period:
Dogon
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Mali

2. Amulet

Museum number:
5-15576
Culture or time period:
Dogon
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Mali

3. Amulet/ leg rattle

Museum number:
5-15424
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:
width 14.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

4. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988k
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

5. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988l
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

6. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988j
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

7. Antelope

Museum number:
5-13462a
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Western Africa

8. Applicator

Museum number:
5-13011c
Culture or time period:
Sherbro
Object class:
Cosmetic applicators
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Collection place:
Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:
1884

9. Arm dagger

Museum number:
5-1734a
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Nigeria

10. Axe

Museum number:
5-15169
Culture or time period:
Kanouri
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:
Lake Chad, Niger