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Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.
Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of twisted red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink.
Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.
Spoon made from one half of a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. Several lines are burnt into the handle edges, the tip of the handle is blackened, and the edges of the bowl are blackened with a series of lines at the front centre of the bowl edge. A symmetrical design consisting of two v shapes and two crescent shapes joined by a darkened area decorates the inner bowl and an x shape ornaments the bowl where it tapers to a handle. The inner handle is decorated with two lines tha run lengthwise.
Plain evaporated milk tin lamp made of odd bits of tin and bottle cap. The body is cylindrical in shape with a small funnel and wick holder soldered into place at either side. The body has remnants of an old paper label.
Plain metal needle. Pointed tip at one end. The other end curls over to create a loop, the end of which inserts into the side of the needle itself. Along this same length, the metal is folded over to close the needle length in a flat, cylindrical-like manner.
Three canine teeth (parts b to d) with holes drilled in them. One half of each tooth is white while the other half is slightly brown in colour. Holes are drilled into the brown portion.
Pipe bowl with two tubular stems protruding from a pointed base. Thicker stem is embellished with incised vertical lines around the bottom portion. Overall, brown-red in colour.
Standing wood figures (ibeji). Two male figures, with the one (part a) slightly smaller than the second (part b). Both have black hair indicated by incised line patterns. Each figure has incised tribal marks, four of which are vertical at the top middle of the forehead with another three vertical on the cheeks. Part a has four more, while part b has five more tribal marks vertical along the sides of the face extending at a diagonal angle downward along the middle bottom of the face. More tribal marks radiate from and point downward from the naval. There are also vertical tribal marks on the chest. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. The legs of each figure are very short in relation to body and the feet are fairly large. The first figure (part a) has a necklace of long red, white, and blue cylindrical beads with smaller beads of a similar kind around its waist, right wrist, and both ankles. The second figure (part b) has two strings of tiny brown beads around its waist with anklets of a similar kind to the first figure (part a). Each stands on circular pedestal.
Long metal piece that is pointed at the end. Attached to carved tubular wooden handle.