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Woven flying fox figure. The figure has pointed ears, cowrie shell eyes and a long protruding snout. Upon a round body are folded wings and long legs with individual toes. The figure is painted black-brown with an orange neck, chest and wing tips. Attached to the back is a string for hanging.
Penis sheath. Made from a curved, basketry covered gourd, it is decorated with woven vertical zigzags and clusters of seeds dangling from thin ropes at both ends, and is painted in three shades of brown. A thin rope loops at open end.
Bowl-shaped half of a large round gourd with exterior surface completely covered with engraving. Depicted in the centre of the light brown base is a village scene of celebration with many people, in traditional costume, all drinking, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Around the thick rim run bands of vegetal decoration and an interlocking chain pattern.
Small burnished brown and black pot with flat base. A lid (part b), made from circular piece of gourd with small hole to one edge, has been sealed on with a dark resin-like substance that still adheres in part around rim of both pot and lid.
Shallow gourd dish with three similar dark brown decorative motifs (bird?) painted below the rim.
Open shallow gourd dish with engraving of colonial style floral motifs covering entire exterior surface. Negative background space is stained dark brown, the positive area is reddish brown.
Small undecorated gourd with spherical base and long narrow neck. A small circular opening has been cut out at base of neck.
Round reddish brown gourd with engraved decoration covering most of surface. In a circle at the top are three birds in a floral background. In a continuous band encircling the lower portion are depictions of a bull-fight, musicians and dancers, animals in the mountains, villages and villagers.
Small open gourd with a design of brown painted flowers and leaves encircling the polished exterior wall.
Small spherical gourd with conical top covered with engraving. The upper encircling bands of decoration contain floral and geometrical motifs. The lower band is thicker and depicts a village scene with a house, two males, two females and four llamas.