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Basketry woven piece that has a central oval around which, there are five solid bands curving from one side across the top to the other side. The bands, from the middle to the top, are white, red, yellow, white, and orange. In between the bands, there is a zig zag pattern.
Open-work basketry woven mask of plant fibre that tapers from the sides to a long vertical point, creating the nose with a circular eye on either side surrounded by a vertical oval. From the top of the head, there are three flat levels of radiating zig zag bands. Covered with clay and painted white, black, red and yellow-orange.
Round dish with undecorated interior (missing a large chip out of side). Exterior has incised petal design radiating from foot.
Slightly warped orange-brown glazed plate with wide rim and fairly deep walls. Raised central design of two raised fish. Exterior is decorated with vertical scalloping.
A celadon dish with gently sloping sides, a slightly grooved rim and a foot ring. The centre is moulded with a raised single fish, probably a carp. The cavetto is smooth with outside moulded petal decoration. Oxidized iron spots can be seen under the glaze on one side of the dish. The foot rim is unglazed burning a reddish-brown and revealing a grey clay body. Paper sticker with number in centre and inked letter and number is written on the underside.
Hollow, cylindrical figure of a face with protruding features; eyes are recessed. Above and below face are rows of brickwork that go around entire circumference; face is only on one side of cylinder, other side is plain; above top layer of brickwork is a domed area decorated with incised diagonal crosshatching.
Tall, thin figure (royal attendant) wearing a robe. Hands are together at waist; feet are not visible; hair is done up.
Undecorated bowl that is all-over glazed except for five ovular spots on interior around centre and five more spots on foot rim. Foot is slightly hollowed out.
A circular clay face with long dark brown feathers on top and a bone point below that is concave on the front side while convex on the back side. The cowrie shell eyes are painted red and are outlined with a black line extending upward toward its respective temple, which in turn, is outlined with white and red. There is a long black line running down along the middle of the face to the end of the nose. The top of the forehead is decorated with small cowrie shells. The lips are pinched to pout out and the mouth area is white.
Globular jar with relatively narrow base, neck and mouth. The mouth rim is slightly flared. The remaining two of the four lugs are positioned on the shoulder. The body design consists of three bands of incised floral motif. The lugs are deeply incised with parallel lines giving a rope-like appearance. The lip has a set of inked numbers.