Carved and painted wood figure of a man in colonial African cothing. The man wears a white pith helmet with a dark brown button on top of it. The man’s face and the rest of his skin is dark brown. In the left side of his mouth, he holds a small cigarette made of plastic. He wears a khaki uniform. The shirt has a collar, rolled-up sleeves and pockets on either side. There are four buttons down the front of his shirt. He stands with his hands in the pockets of his khaki shorts. His khaki shorts are secured with a dark brown belt and have two pockets on the back. His torso is quite long in proportion to his legs; only a small portion of his calves are visible underneath his shorts. He wears white socks which are pulled up high. He also wears light brown shoes. The man stands upon a dark brown, round base.

Carved wooden parrot. The head of the parrot is angular: flat on top with either side meeting the front and back of the head at an acute angle. The beak of the parrot points downwards. The edge of the beak and the parrot’s eyes are incised into the wood. The head is the highest point of the parrot’s body which is on a low horizontal plane. Its wings are closed, resting along the bird’s back. The figure is balanced on top of a base. The base is rectangular with two lines in the middle of either side to represent the parrot’s feet. Its tail is long, thin and slopes slightly downwards.

Carved and painted wooden figure. Pair with 2903/56; together the pair is a traditional wedding couple known as Loro Blonyo. This figure is the female; her black hair is pulled back into a large bun and she wears a gold piece of jewelry in her hair. She also wears gold earrings and a gold necklace. The necklace is large and is a half-moon shape. Her skin is yellow. The woman’s eyebrows and pupils are painted black. Her coat is blue with three gold buttons in the front and gold arm bands. Her hands rest on her thighs. The woman’s legs are enveloped in a red skirt which obscures her legs from view, but she appears to be sitting. The object is very light weight with two holes in the bottom of the woman’s skirt, suggesting the object is hollow.

Small Tigua painting depicting peasant life. The canvas is a piece of skin stretched and nailed over a wooden frame. The outside of the frame is painted black. The landscape is broken up into shapes with straight and curvilinear lines. On the left side, in the foreground, there is a square yellow patch in which a man and woman are cutting grains. In front, there are six bundles of grain and behind there is a dense field. They both hold large sickles in their hands. There is a dark green field inhabited by grey llamas. On the left side of the painting, there are raised bluffs above the field of llamas. They are bright green with large leafy plants, large pink flowers, small pink flowers, yellow flowers and bushy green trees against the horizon. There are also bluffs on the right side of the painting. The two bluffs are separated by a dark dirt road that curves down from the middle to the right side of the painting. There are three people walking up this road; two men who have tall bundles of grain strapped to their backs and a woman in a pink shirt and dark blue skirt. A white dog trails behind the woman. Walking down the hill are a woman and a man. At the bottom of the road, there are two buildings. One has a brown roof and grey walls and the other has a light brown roof and white walls. There is also a bundle of sticks and a large orange pot with a handle. There are two different patches of land on the bluffs on the right side of the painting. One is dark green with small dense tufts of pink and green flowers. Above this patch, there is one with a dark green background with plants that have blue stems and yellow and pink flowers. Also atop the right bluff, there are two buildings and a tree against the horizon. The sky is a mixture of yellow and light blue paint. There are many black birds in silhouette against the sky.

Painting on a handkerchief of cupid nestled on roses. The perimeter of the image is surrounded by a dark grey border with curlicue yellow and orange banners around the edges. In the lower left and upper right corners, a flower and heart motif is repeated. In the left corner, the heart has purple text that reads “George” and in the right corner, the heart has purple text that reads “Dora.” The background behind the central image is purple. On the left side of the image, there is orange and black text that reads “I love you honey.” In the centre of the image, a thorny green stem curls up from the bottom and splits into several stems near the top of the image. At the bottom of the stem, a yellow banner wraps around the stem and a large red heart on the left side of the stem. Where it crosses the heart, the yellow banner reads “Dora.” Over the top right ventricle of the heart there is a small rose bud. It is surrounded by a few green leaves. Above and to the right of this small bud, there is a larger rose bud. A cherub or cupid sits on one of the petals of the large rose. The cherub has pale pink skin, blonde hair, wings with pale blue feathers and yellow along the top edge and a blue sash wrapped around his body. In his right hand, the cherub holds onto a branch of the rose. At the top of the branch that the cherub holds, there is a rose bud that has not yet opened. Behind the cherub’s head, there is another small rose bud. In the lower right corner of the purple space, there is orange and black text that reads “George.” Part b is the envelope the handkerchief was mailed in, with hand-drawn floral images on the outside.

Low-fired pottery with painted accents depicting Adam and Eve and the devil. Adam, on the left side of the object, is the tallest figure represented. He has a large head and a wide neck. His hair, which hangs down his back, and his pupils are painted red-brown. His mouth is agape and he holds his hands upwards as if in shock. His fingers, nipples and a loin cloth around his waist are painted red-brown. Eve is on the right side of the object; she has a wide head and neck. Her hair, pupils, and skirt are painted red-brown. She does not wear a shirt and her belly button is visible. In her left hand she holds an apple up to her mouth; the apple is painted red-brown. The devil is between the two figures. He has horns atop his head and a hunched back and is sitting in the top of an apple tree with many pieces of fruit. The devil and the tree are primarily painted red-brown. The figures stand on top of a rounded mound. The bottom of the object is slightly indented.

Low-fired pottery depicting the murder of Pizarro, a Spanish Conquistador. His murderer, on the left side of the object, wears a flat-brimmed hat with feather on the back side. The details of the hat are painted red-brown. His eyebrows are angled downward giving him an angry countenance. He has a red-brown mustache. The murderer wears a cape to the floor; it has a raised portion on the left side. He holds a blade in his left hand which is on the front side of the object. This arm has a very large bicep and red-brown detailing. The murderer’s right arm rests on a stool between his body and that of Pizarro. His right arm has incised detailing suggesting that he wears a puffed sleeve. Pizarro is in a seated position with his upper body leaning far back. His legs are closest to the body of his murderer and are angled outwards around the stool. He wears red brown boots and short pants with incised detailing. His jacket, which also has incised detailing, is open. There is red brown blood on his chest. Pizarro’s arms are spread outwards. There are epaulets on his shoulders. His arm at the back of the object has lost its hand. The hand grasps a weapon with two prongs on either side. Pizarro has a full beard that is shown with incised detailing and red brown paint. His cap has pointed details on top and on the front of it. It also has ear flaps. The chair that Pizarro sits on is very low to the ground; it does not have legs. The two men are standing on a thin rectangular base with a bevelled edge.

Figure of a black angel with a brown wooden base (part b). The figure has a black head and hands formed out of clay. The head of the figure is hair formed from many green cone-like shapes. There are small gold-coloured beads embedded in the cone-like shapes. The figure has white eyes with brown irises; its lips are red. The head is hollow to accommodate the base. The angel does not have a neck; instead, its head is attached to a knitted t-shaped dress, from which the angel’s arms are extended outwards. The dress has wool fibres intermingled with plant fibres. There are various small objects affixed to the dress. There are four bottle caps placed across the angel’s chest and arms. The bottle cap on the furthest left has a small image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts an angel appearing to a group of people with a European-style cathedral in the background. The image in the bottle cap to the right depicts a young shepherd holding a staff and surrounded by sheep. Right of this bottle cap, another image in a bottle cap depicts an older shepherd with a halo. The bottle cap on the furthest right has an image in it depicting an angel in a pink dress feeding birds. Below the bottle caps, on the left side of the angel’s torso, there is a small clothes pin that is painted blue. The clip holds a rectangular piece of paper with an image of a man printed on it; he is depicted from the torso up. The man has black hair and a black mustache. The man wears a blue suit jacket, blue vest and blue tie over a white dress shirt; he also has a white pocket square. Right of the image of the man is a miniature clear plastic bottle with a blue liquid inside. The bottle is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Next to the bottle, there is a small bronze-coloured cross attached to the dress. Right of the cross, a miniature white and blue ceramic spoon is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Below the picture of the man, there is a miniature white and blue cup tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Right of the cup, there is another bottle cap that has an image embedded within it. The image depicts Madonna holding baby Jesus. Both figures wear elaborate crowns and are surrounded by a yellow halo. Next to the bottle cap, there is a small clothes pin painted red. On the right side of the dress, there is a gold-coloured coin with an image of a domed building on one side and an image of Jesus Christ on the other. It is tied to the dress with green ribbon. Below the cup, there is a small plastic figure of a baby tied to the dress with a green ribbon. It has brown hair, black eyes and red lips. Right of the baby, there is a bottle cap with an image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts Jesus Christ holding a lamb. Below this bottle cap, there is a bronze-coloured flower with a stem and two leaves. Next to the flower, in the lower right corner of the dress, there is a bottle cap with an image of Jesus Christ sitting and praying embedded in it. The angel’s wings are made of two pieces of silver metal. They are knitted into the back of the dress. The base is formed by a thin cylindrical piece of wood that is held in a square wooden base.

Low-fired ceramic depicting Joseph and Mary’s flight to Egypt with baby Jesus. Mary is facing front, while Joseph stands with his back to the viewer on the left. He is petting the donkey on which his wife and child sit. Joseph wears a toque-like hat. Details on the hat and his eyes, mustache and beard are painted dark brown. In his right hand, Joseph holds a piece of dark brown fruit. His other hand touches the nose of the donkey. The neckline and arm bands of his shirt are painted dark brown. There is a harness around the donkey’s head. The animal has brown eyes and brown detailing on its body. Mary sits on the donkey’s back holding her baby. They are sitting on a saddle which is affixed to the donkey by a strap underneath its tail. She wears an elaborate hat on her head. The hat has lost a piece on top of it as indicated by two points of breakage; it may have been a handle. She has a jug strapped to her back. The back of her shirt and the neckline are painted brown. She wears a skirt to her calves. Her shoes are dark brown. The baby wears a hat similar to his father’s. The details on his shirt are painted dark brown. All of the figures are attached to a thin, oblong base.

Long textile with a 'tree of life" theme. Grey background with a black border around the edge of the work. At the bottom is a rounded blue and bluish-red pot with a tree growing out of it. Within the upper portion are two figures – one male and one female (Adam and Eve). They both wear green leaf skirts. On either side of the pot is a dark green horizontal line. Standing on the left hand side is a wolf outlined in green; the interior of the wolf’s body is colour blocked into quadrants of dark blue with a red centre, yellow, pink and light orange. On the right side of the pot are two hummingbirds and an alpaca. The hummingbird nearest centre is outlined in dark pink and the interior is light pink and green. The other hummingbird is outlined in red-blue and the interior is light orange, yellow, pink and green. The alpaca is outlined in red and the interior is light orange, green, blue and yellow. It has a red furry mane down the back of its neck. The trunk of the tree is dark green with a blue core. The first branch of the tree above the pot has a dark green interior with a blue outline. The leaves are all outlined in dark green but the interior colours vary. On the left side of the first branch, there is a woman picking fruit. On the right side of the branch a man and a woman are passing fruit between their hands. The next branch up has hanging flowers in red, pink, yellow and green. On the left side of the tapestry, between this branch and the lower one, flies a red, pink, green and yellow hummingbird. Hanging downwards near the hummingbird, there is a snake wrapped around the left side of the branch. The snake is blue, red-blue, pink, green and yellow. Also on the left side of the branch, closer to the trunk of the tree, there is a standing bird in light blue, pink, dark blue, white and light orange. There is a four-legged animal with pointed ears and a long tail, standing on the right side of the branch, outlined in red-blue with a light orange, blue, yellow and green interior. On the left side of the next branch up there is a red-blue outlined bird with a blue, pink, yellow and white interior. Standing on the right side of the branch, is an ox-like animal that has horns. The ox is outlined in red and has a yellow, green, blue and pink interior. On the far right side of the branch, there is a parrot standing on a leaf. The next branch up has a short four-legged animal with a long tail standing on the left side of the branch. Nestled in some leaves above and to the left of this animal is a frog that is green, pink and light orange. On the right side of the branch there is another person picking fruit. Further right is a monkey on a leaf outlined in black, with blue, pink and light orange interior. There is another monkey on the next branch up outlined in red with a pink, blue and yellow interior. The next branch is the top branch of the tree. It is yellow with a dark green core and its leaves are the most elaborate. At the top of the trunk there is a half-moon shaped flower in dark green, yellow, pink, and blue. Along bottom edge is a piece of wood with tacks affixing it to the fabric and the artist’s name written in black thread. There is a maker's tag on the back of the textile.