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Woven ropes for climbing trees (part a-b). One end has a circular band attached to the rope. The other end thins to single strands.
Mami Wata mask. Oval pink face mask (part a). On top of the mask sits a yellow figure with movable arms, wearing a black hat and green dress. Also on top are two black circles with mirrors on movable posts and a yellow curved piece with two mirrors. The mask itself has painted black hair, various designs and red lips with white teeth. There are oval openings for the wearer's eyes. A second yellow curved piece with two mirrors is loose (part b). A carved wooden umbrella painted dark brown is part c. The back is unpainted.
A complete set of 32 chess pieces in light and dark wood. The pieces differ from the traditional forms. The 16 pawns are women with short hair and breasts (a-h, q-x). The 4 knights are giraffes (i, j, y, z). The 4 bishops are men with pointed visor-like hat (k, l, aa, bb). The 4 rooks are posts with pointed roofs (m, n, cc, dd). The 2 queens are women with rounded crowns (o, ee). The 2 kings are men wearing a pointed hat (p, ff).
Tall, narrow drum with a skin top. The circular skin top is stretched down and tied with bark to a double woven band around the middle of the drum. Into the woven band are pushed nine carved stakes. The stakes are pointed and vary in length and shade. The drum is unpainted wood, broad at the top and tapers to the base. The interior is hollow.
Drum with three long legs and a skin top. The drum is painted with a reddish pigment. The circular skin top is stretched down and tied with bark to a double woven band around the middle of the drum. Into the woven band are pushed nine carved stakes. The stakes are short, pointed and unpainted. The drum is round and one piece with three thick, irregularly carved legs.
Large, round, hand-built pot with black burn mark on side and a painted reddish-brown circle near rim; very small mouth. Large break on one side has been roughly glued together.
Large pot with no base, round body and out-turned rim. There is a line around the lip and inner rim. Pot is covered with a brown pigment.
Udu style percussion instrument. The pot has a rounded bottom, a round body and a long neck with a flared rim. There is a ridge around the centre. Above the ridge is a round hole; with bands of incised lines to and around the neck. Pot is covered with a brown pigment.
Small ceramic glazed figure in the shape of a tortoise with light yellow head, legs and underside and a brown shell with black detailing. The underside is partially hollow.
Small ceramic yellow sauce dish with brown rim. The underside reads: ‘Ekuluware; Enugu, Nigeria’.