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Two piece dress: top (part a) and long skirt (part b). Both parts are made of fabric with the same design. Shirt and skirt are off-white with wavy light brown lines. Overtop are grid squares, outlined in dark brown, olive green and orange patterned lines. Inside the squares are olive green and orange geometric shapes, outlined in dotted dark brown lines. Shirt has high neckline, with rounded collar and short puffed sleeves. Closed with five, cloth covered plastic buttons on front. Shirt has tapered waist and white cotton interior lining- except in the sleeves. Skirt has drawstring waist, ties at centre back. Long slit ends halfway up back of skirt. Interior unlined. All parts of dress are hemmed.
Fertility figure (akuaba) with a flat, disc-shaped head sitting on a long cylindrical neck that slightly curves forward. The lower rounded portion of the face has small horizontal oval eyes with a slit across the middle, two horizontal lines on each cheek, and a small smiling mouth. The raised oval forehead extends down into a long vertical nose and arched brow ridge. The upper edge has a raised arch. The abstract conical arms mimic the shape of the small pointed breasts. The lower half of the body is cylindrical, with an inward bend on the lower back, ending with an anvil-shaped base.
Robe made up of many horizontal strips of cloth sewn together into a single piece of fabric. This is folded and sewn to create a tube-like garment. Weave is tight, fabric is thick, with a blue and white checker pattern overall, decorated with flower motifs at the edges. At middle is an area of high patterning, showing diamond shapes and wavy lines set in strips. At each end of the robe is an attached set of twisted tassels.
Large textile has a dark blue base with thin white lines running horizontally. Several thicker diagonal lines made of small red and yellow stitched squares cross to make large ‘x’ shapes across the textile. Heavy silk embroidery sits at each end, showing a variety of patterns in evenly spaced blocks: long vertical lines, short horizontal lines, and lines made up of small stitches, all in yellow, red and green.
Fertility figure (akuaba) in male form. Head is large and round, flat in profile, with a large undecorated forehead above a small face at bottom. Eyes are wide, closed, nose is small and straight, and mouth is simply carved. Curved gouges decorate the cheeks. Below a long neck, stubby arms emerge from both sides of the torso, above a long, slightly curved body and flared base. Back of figure is undecorated.
Fertility figure (akuaba) in female form. Head is large and round, flat in profile, with cross-hatched hair at top, a slightly protruding forehead, and a small face. Eyes are wide, closed, and nose is small and straight. Decorative gouges decorate the cheeks. Below a long thin neck are small breasts emerging from the torso between stubby arms held to the sides. Stomach is covered with cross-hatched grooves. Legs narrow toward bottom, where they meet the small rectangular base. Back of figure is undecorated.
Bronze earring or small bracelet. Object is a thin hoop made of three strands of metal twisted tightly together, one copper, one bronze, and the third a dark grey iron. They are curled up at the ends to hold the twist in place. Ends are unjoined.
Bronze earring or small bracelet. Object is a thin hoop made of strands of metal twisted tightly together, one copper, one bronze, and the third a dark grey iron. They are curled up at the ends to hold the twist in place. Ends are unjoined.
Bronze earring or small bracelet. Object is a hoop made of two strands of metal twisted tightly together, one copper, one bronze. Ends almost meet though are unjoined, and are unfinished.
Iron ring. Ring is made from three strands of metal twisted tightly together, one copper, one bronze, the last dark grey iron. One loose twist emerges at top as the head decoration. Ends meet closely at the bottom of the shank but are not joined.