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Small, ring-shaped cushion decorated with white cowrie shells. The inside core of the carrier is filled with grass which has then been covered by a heavy blue cotton and stitched tightly together in order to retain the circular shape. On the outside of the carrier there is a repeating quatra-foil pattern made from cowrie shells. The top and bottom edge is trimmed with a circle of cowrie shells sewn end to end. There are two tassels made of folded and sewn blue cotton that are sewn on to the inside of the carrier, each with a single cowrie shell sewn to the end. Around the inside of the carrier there are remnants of a red piece of cloth which has been worn away in several places.
Square comb made of several small, thin pieces of wood, each tapered to a point at one end, lashed together with thin strips of light to dark brown grass(?). The strips of material that hold the tines of the comb together are woven in a raised chevron pattern down the centre of the comb, and in a diamond pattern from the centre raised design to the top edge of the wooden pieces on the side opposite the tapered points. The raised centre pattern is the same on both front and back surfaces of the comb, while the diamond pattern appears in the negative and positive on either side. The flat ends of the tines are blackened with a burnt appearance.
Rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of wood, each tapered to a point at one end, lashed together with thin strips of light to dark brown grass(?) between two metal pieces. One of the end metal pieces has a loop bent into it at the midpoint, while the other is flat. The strips of material that hold the tines of the comb together are woven in a raised chevron pattern down the centre of the comb, and in a diamond pattern from the centre raised design to the top edge of the wooden pieces on the side opposite the tapered points. The raised centre pattern is the same on both front and back surfaces of the comb, while the diamond pattern appears in the negative and positive on either side. On the side opposite the hook there is a small thread which is wrapped around the end of the comb. The flat ends of the tines are blackened with a burnt appearance.
Rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of wood, each tapered to a point at one end, lashed together with thin strips of light to dark brown grass(?) between two metal pieces. One of the end metal pieces has a loop bent into it at the midpoint, while the other is flat. The strips of material that hold the tines of the comb together are woven in a raised chevron pattern down the centre of the comb, and in a diamond pattern from the centre raised design to the top edge of the wooden pieces on the side opposite the tapered points. The raised centre pattern is the same on both front and back surfaces of the comb, while the diamond pattern appears in the negative and positive on either side. On the side opposite the hook there is a small thread which is wrapped around the end of the comb. The flat ends of the tines are blackened with a burnt appearance.
Fire starting kit consisting of four components. Part a: Two caps on the either end of a small rope which attach to either end of a bamboo stalk (part b). These caps come from a single silk worm cocoon that has been cut in half. There is a flat, rectangular piece of iron that is used with a flint (part d) attached to the length of rope. The iron is curved into a hook-shape on one corner in order to allow the iron to hang off the piece of rope. Part b: Length of bamboo stalk, hollow at one end to allow for the storage of parts c-d, inside there is a bundle off-white un-spun silk fibre. The closed end of the bamboo stalk is burnt and blackened. This end is the carbonated end used to light a dried silk tuft to ignite a fire. Part c: A tobacco leaf rolled up and bent at one end. Part d: Piece of stone used as a flint. It is mostly black with streaks of brown and there is a brown line that runs down the centre of the stone. The edges are mostly jagged, but there is one smooth edge.
Two baskets tied together. Each basket is woven tightly from medium size strips of brown bark. There is a lip at the opening of both and the baskets are tied together with a piece of the weaving that has been pulled loose from the weave itself. The two pieces of bark are then tied into a simple knot.
Brown knotted-rope pot hanger. At one end of the rope the fibre has been wrapped into a circular shape. The circular shape has 4 four separate ropes and the rest of the ropes are knotted around the circle to keep it in place. There are 10 ropes coming out of the circle. The ropes are grouped together in twos as the ropes leave the circle. Each group of ropes is knotted twice together. The second knot is tied by taking one rope from one group and another rope from a second group and then they are tied together into a new knot. From these two ropes, after the knot, only one rope emerges.
Horn container. Hollow, curved section of black and gray horn with a small cork stopper in the pointed end and a large cork stopper (part b) in the large end. There are gold-toned metal studs on the larger stopper, and a black leather band decoration at the rim. A black leather thong is tied at the rim.
Goat horn container. Hollow, curved section of yellow-brown horn with a cork stopper at the pointed end and a cork plug (part b) in the large end. A narrow leather band is attached at the rim with metal studs. There's a fine incised decoration of hearts and flowers on the surface, as well as the inscription “CABECO DE VIDE / 1950”.
Shepherd’s horn for wine; brown goat horn with round metal piece at pointed end and leather band at rim with dark gold-toned studs. Twisted leather thong strung to a metal chain. A small wooden plug attached with leather thong at rim. Deep carved cross lines on surface. Small pieces of tape on surface.