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Knife with hand made blade and hide sheath (part b). The knife blade is sharpened on both sides and has a carved bone and pewter handle that is drilled and riveted. Both the blade and handle are incised with an inscription. The sheath is laced with fibre.
Hollow reed (part b) with five holes bored through one end and three smaller holes bored at the other end. Wide plug (part a) fits in the hollow end while the other end is permanently sealed. Two arrows (parts c and d). While both arrows have a metal point tip and base with fibre ? or sinew ? wrapped around both ends and their shafts are notched at the end, one arrow (part d) has a smaller base with less material wrapped below it than the other arrow (part c). One arrow (part d) has some yellow plant leaf-like fibre attached at the base of the point.
Animal horn instrument. The horn is wrapped with leather at the base and carved with eight grooves at the tip. A hole is bored through to the centre from the outside midway between the leather and the tip.
Shallow, cylindrical tin can with a handle, a funnel for fuel and a wick stand soldered to the side and top edges. On the interior of the funnel has a fleur-de-lis imprinted with a silver triangular background outlined in yellow.
Mottled wood shaft cut through and joined near the mid-point. Dowel visible at the join which is inserted into both sections of the shaft. Leaf-shaped spearhead hammered around the shaft and secured with a nail. Pointed metal butt flattened at the shaft end and hammered around the shaft. Band of iron coiled around shaft below point.
Mottled wood shaft cut and re-joined near the mid-section. Several notches cut below the join. Black iron leaf-shaped spearhead flattened at the base and hammered around the shaft. Iron point of butt similarly attached and secured with two coils of iron band. Shaft below spearhead decorated with flattened brass and incised geometric design.
Light woode shaft cut near the mid-point of the shaft and joined with a plug. Several notches cut in the shaft near the join. Spearhead has elongated black iron blade. Base of the blade hammered around the shaft. Butt end of the spear has flattened blade hammered to the shaft.
Bread container (part a) composed of a round basket constructed of woven grasses and thick sturdy leather exterior with a long leather carrying strap. The basket bottom is plain, with plain, bright pink, dark purple and green included in the sides. A detachable lid (part b) is also composed of a round basket with thick sturdy leather exterior. The basketry is brightly coloured in bright pink, dark purple and green, with a subtle plain diamond pattern throughout and plain rim, The lid is attached by a long thin leather strap, which is fed through four loops of leather that are attached to the basket.
Double-headed conical drum. The animal hide stretched over both ends. The hide has white and reddish brown hair. Thin strips of skin are used to stitch the two skins together, leaving a zigzag pattern around the wooden centre. Thin strips of skin are twisted to create a handle on the side.
Lyre with a wooden sound chamber covered in leather skin; skin secured with wire. Triangular wood frame extends from top of sound chamber, made up of two arms inserted through the leather and connected at the top by a crossbar. The crossbar is rectangular on either end, with notches that the arms are inserted into, and a cylindrical centre where the strings are attached. Three strings are fastened to three wooden pegs and lashed around the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box to a wire loop. All components of lyre are darkened to dark brown with the exception of the strings.