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Current results range from 1884 to 2000

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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, museum number 5-4054, described as woodcarver's adze; wide blade; for roughing out figures; 40.5 cm. long.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, museum number 5-2978a,b, described as Adze-ax; Itiou; A) wooden handle, 17 inches long; B) iron adze-ax blade, 7¼ inches long, 2½ inches wide.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, museum number 5-4053, described as woodcarver's adze; narrow blade; for cutting between legs; etc.; 37.5 cm. long.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alligator, museum number 5-6315b, described as a) Drum; wood; 3-legged; two stained wood ornaments separate; drum painted orange & black; antelope skin head; raffia & split bamboo binding; diameter 28 cm; height 51 cm. b) turtle; stained wood; c) alligator; stained wood. Used for festival; not a special drum. Collected June 1966.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Amber, museum number 5-15974, described as amber (?). several pieces, natural forms, some very small pieces.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, museum number 5-2932d, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, museum number 5-15213, described as amulet for wrist; anthropomorphic fig. of reddish brown patinated wood in varicolored glass seed bead wrap; only head w/ lg. perforation is visible; l. 7.7 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Amulet/ leg rattle, museum number 5-15424, described as amulet/ leg rattle; iron leg rattle with two lobes containing rattling material; two iron rings attached to both ends; max W: 14.8 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Amulet/ leg rattle, museum number 5-15381, described as amulet/ leg rattle; iron leg rattle w/ two lobes containing rattling material; two iron rings attached at one end; max w. 6.8 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ancestral figure, museum number 5-3816, described as Double faced wooden image; Ikenga; topped by double set of horns; made of Ikoro wood; 14 inches high.