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Dark brown mask with a large, stylized antelope head rising from the top; mask completely shields the face, with only two small eye holes. Covered with geometric painted designs in red and white.
Standing wood figure (ibeji). Head is capped with a bright blue pigment on the conical headdress. Cap is decorated with diagonal ridges. Seven tribal scarification marks on the cheeks, four of which are horizontal while the other three are vertically above the horizontal. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. Has very short legs in relation to body and the feet are large. Stands on circular pedestal. Beads around neck and hips. Covered with red camwood paste.
Standing wood female figure (ibeji). Head is capped with a conical four-sided rounded headdress. Three scarification marks are horizontally incised along the cheeks. Extended arms have hands touching thighs.Has breasts. Has short legs in relation to body and the feet are very large. Stands on circular pedestal. Beads around neck and hips. Covered with camwood paste.
Women's head, with typical woman's coiffure, on circular base. The eyes are slitted horizontally with slightly rounded eyelids. The eyebrows are curved and slightly upraised. There is a nose, a prim mouth, chin and pinched ears. The hair consists of conical-like protrusions extending outward from the head. The neck has three protruding bulges. The base is two-stepped.
Grey-brown pot with an oval-shaped body, topped with a human-like head; spout opening doubles as mouth of figure. Face has a pronounced brow, incised circular eyes, a wide nose with large nostrils, and semi-circular ears; mouth opening is flared. Two raised bands decorate head, extending from brow to back of neck, and connect with a notched band that circles the figure's neck. Four panels, consisting of four notched bands, stretch from neck towards bottom of body. Long arms. with thin fingers, extend from neck, down front centre of body; designs are raised. Large panel runs down centre of chest, consisting of three lines with two columns of raised circles. Raised nipples are on either side of front panel; genitals underneath panel. Two curved bands connect side panels on back and arms; bands are notched. The rest of vessel is undecorated.
Orange-brown pot with a spherical body and spout opening. Spout is curved, with the opening angled downward; mouth is flared. There is a semi-circular protrusion along the front centre edge of spout; ridged column extends along back side of spout. There is a raised band around the spout base and it is trimmed with a secondary raised band, decorated with notches. Eight identical bands extend down from it, forming a panel covering the back of the vessel; eight additional notched bands protrude from either side of panel, circling the sides. Two notched bands connect to bands on back, decorating the front. Above the two bands, is a raised prong-shaped motif. Rest of vessel is undecorated.
Red-brown pot with a spherical body and three spouts. Spouts are connected at their bases and extend from the top of the vessel at angles; openings are all flared. There is a raised band around the spout bases and around the vessel shoulder, with two handle-like protrusions on either side. Handles are oval-shaped with smooth tops and bottoms; outer edges of handles are decorated with incised diamonds. Circular motifs incised around bases of spouts; on front and right sides. Rest of vessel is undecorated.
Red-brown pot with a cylindrical body and wide circular opening; lip is flared. Bottom section of body bulges outward before tapering into a high foot. Bands of incised decorations all along cylindrical section of body; bands consist of plain and diagonal lines, and zigzags. Raised square grids and plain lines with vertical decorations throughout bands. Two raised circles along front centre of body, with two conical protrusions on either side; two small circular protrusions in between the raised circles. Conical protrusions have horizontal lines incised across their sides, circular protrusions are covered in dots, and circles are filled with raised squares. Dot motifs border all protrusions and the circles. Bottom section of body and base of pot are undecorated.
Doll, in standing position, with a walrus tusk head. Eyes, eyebrows, and frowning mouth are incised; nose carved in relief. Incised elements coloured with black and red pigment(?). Figure is wearing reindeer fur clothing, consisting of long hooded parka and tall boots. Parka has grey-white bands running down chest, and along bottom edge. White fur belt wrapped around waist with brown trim along bottom edge; brown fur and red fibre fringe hanging along bottom edge of belt. Bands identical to belt wrapped around upper arms; green stripe decoration through centre. Fur and red fibre fringe also hanging from back of hood. Boots are white with red stitches along soles; beaded fur pompoms attached to knee of right boot. Doll has no hands.
Carving of a female figure standing on an oval-like base (part a). She stands with her feet shoulder width apart, hands at her hips; depicted wearing a grass skirt and assorted jewellery made of twisted fibre and circular shells(?). Her face has linear and curvilinear designs painted across it in white; eyes are inset cowrie shells. Hair is black, with a white band painted underneath. Large hornbill sitting on top of woman’s head; neck is extended with head tilted back. Head and neck of hornbill are yellow, rest of body is black; eyes are inset cowrie shells. A crocodile, balanced on its tail, supports the back of the female figure; painted black. Two snakes stretch from her shoulders and have their heads resting against the base; done in black with white and orange stripes. All animals have intricately carved features; hornbill has additional curvilinear designs. Top of base is a light orange; sides have a channel carved into them, with ovals carved in relief throughout. Donor tag attached to snake on right side of base. (Left wing has broken off hornbill, part b.)