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Baobab fruit with incised scenes of birds and fish on the outer surface.
Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved object with a grey geometric pattern encompassing the border. Five rings of alternating grey and uncoloured lines are carved around the circumference, with the final ring enclosing an orange-coloured circle covering the top of the dome.
Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved object with a grey geometric pattern encompassing the border. Three grey carved lines run the circumference of the object, with an ovoid and star-shape radiating from the centre on top of the dome.
Hollow, white-brown, dome-shaped object with carved designs, grey lines, and a small spike on the top. Circular and curved designs on the upper portion are deeply carved, creating negative space around them.
A container made from a dark brown gourd shaped like a sphere, from which the top one-third has been cut away. A hole is bored near the rim for insertion of a cord of braided root(?) 21.5 cm. long. The main design consists of an incised band around the rim consisting of a single line with a herringbone pattern.
Interior surface of round gourd covered in beeswax and then decorated with beads. Design consists of eight yellow, blue, red, and green circles, at centre bottom, four circles of interlocking green and yellow diamonds. Two rows of red for border. Sides have four yellow, red, and black double headed frontal birds with wings extended to sides, rounded body, and triangular tail between straight legs. Opposing animals between birds at base: two four-legged red reptiles with black split tongues, red animal heads with orange whiskers, one has orange horns and the other has one light red ear. Small red and orange snake with black split tongue next to animal head with orange horns. Between birds at rim, there are two red human figures one with a dog? One orange dog. All figures on blue ground. Band of green at rim, then one row of black bordered by yellow.
A spherical orange-brown gourd with a small stalk at the top. Shallowly carved onto the sides, revealing a lighter colour than the outer skin, is a complex village scene with trees, houses, various human figures and a bull fight--the top and bottom have geometric and floral borders. Red colour has been applied in several places, as have a small number of places been blackened by burning. A jack-o'-lantern-like top with a zigzagging edge has been cut out around the stalk.
Five small rounded gourds joined together with lengths of twisted palm fibre(?), cord and yarn. Each gourd is pierced at sides near top, cord is inserted and knotted, gourd with red yarn passes through without being knotted. Each gourd has small round hole at top, and two have stoppers (parts a and d). Two undecorated gourds (parts d and e), while remaining three have external decorations: 1) deer skin, some hair remains (part a); 2) grid pattern created by wrapping orange- pink, blue, yellow and red yarn horizontally and vertically (part b); 3) grey- brown cloth with red cross stitching in eight pointed star, top and sides sewn with blue yarn, tassels at each lower corner (part c).
Round undecorated gourd in natural state has a hole cut into top. Interior has protrusion at centre base.
Hollowed gourd bowl covered on exterior with beeswax and inlaid with glass beads in a design consisting of white deer with cross above centre of body, red and black undulating line at centre of body, outlined in black. Two red and yellow figures both with arms outstretched, one is seated on a white and black chair the other is standing. Two u-shaped bases have double crosses above with blue ground, and yellow rim. Black divided circle on base has green and white triangular shaped wedges. Bowl contains three sticks inserted into beeswax. Two sticks are painted in blue and red bands, notched at upper end. Centre stick wrapped in red, blue, and pink yarn. Diminutive representations attached to each stick with braided or wrapped yarn, stick on left has a guitar, two bows, god's eye, paper sandal. Centre stick has drum, bow, arrow, shield, and feathers. Stick on right has violin, bow, god's eye and a paper sandal.