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A long cylindrical skin handle with circular protrusions all around that have some plant fibre weaving decoration. The top end of the handle has a looped skin band painted with red dots connected by a brown zig zag line. The bottom end of the handle flares out with skin strands from which grey hair flows down.
A brown mask with fused dark brown upraised eyebrows, semi-oval cut out eyes with hooded eyelids, a curved nose with the nostrils cut out, and an open cut out mouth outlined with zigzags on the lips. The ears are circular knobs, and the cheeks are carved with a horizontal rectangular design. The headdress is made with plant fibre and leaf covered with dark brown and red fabric with a pony-tail at the top.
A tall jug with a rounded bottom which tapers upward and has a flared base. The lid has a cylindrical stem which flared outward and downward and has capped overtop. The top of the lid has white, light blue, and orange beads at the centre with circular rows of blue, white and dark blue, and red beads. The sides of the lid are decorated with cowrie shells and horizontal rows of red, and white and dark blue beads. The lid is held in place with a band of skin decorated with cowrie shells. The jug is decorated with vertical rows of cowrie shells on bands of skin. The whole object is woven.
Tear-drop-shaped skin container with a narrow opening and a protruding looped handled. Container has three flaps of skin attached under the handle. Skin flaps are decorated with two rows of shells and have skin and shell tassels on the end of each flap. Part b is the lid to the container. It is cone-shaped, tapers near the centre and flares out at the top. It is decorated with rows of blue and white, and red beads around the perimeter radiating from the top of the lid. The outer edges of the flared top of the lid have two rows of blue and white beads on either side of a double row of red beads. At the base of the lid is a single row of alternating black and white beads.
A light brown coloured fan woven out of plant fibres. The bottom of the fan curves around to a point at both sides and then curves up to a point at the top. Half of the fan is concave, and the other half of the fan is convex. The design is that of a darker black plant fibre having eight alternating rows emanating at a curve from the embedded handle point. The handle is wrapped around with an orange-brown braided plant fibre rope.
Thin, brown woven circular band with a yellow and red zigzag design woven into it.
Short round-bottomed pot with wide, flared neck. Decoration of one incised band on incised of neck; pot is blackened overall. Plant debris in interior.
Conical dome with black, red, yellow, white and green coloured leaves(?) laid over unpainted leaves(?). Black and red segments along the bottom edge are in elongated triangular shapes, and appear to radiate from the centre tip.
Brown, red and green woven basket with a round top and square bottom. Top of basket is ringed with a deep red strip of wood. Basket is made of two woven layers: the inner layer is made from thick, undyed plant strips; the outer layer is made from thin red, green and undyed strips woven into an intricate curvilinear pattern. A length of fabric and two red, yellow and green tassels are attached to two small holes in the upper rim. A strip of red, yellow and green floral-print fabric lines the basket's bottom.
The lamp (or part a) is black-brown in colour, has a semi-circular shape that is wider in the centre and tapers at each end with an angular underside. The two wicks (or part b and c) are orange in colour, are made of plant fibre? and have brown seed-like centre.