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Cylindrical lip plug. Smooth and slightly curved with one ridged, rounded edge.
A representation of a rectangular church with six rounded arched windows, a rounded door, and a cross at either end of the pitched roof. The roof is covered with variegated shavings. The interior is furnished with three benches, a lectern, and a table. The standing figure is in an ankle length robe and is in front of a book on the lectern. There are six sitting figures, two to each bench, wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts. The sides, and the front of the church, and the benches are yellow-brown. The figures, bench supports, and crosses are dark brown. Clothing and book are light yellow-brown.
A calabash with geometric relief designs around shoulder, above, and on flat base. At the widest circumference are four supernatural beasts. Between and beneath the beasts are shield-like forms and above back tails are wedge-shaped designs. Texture on carved forms is achieved by fine incised lines. The animal portrayed has the body and claws of a cat, a bird-like head, and beak, and a long tail terminating in a spade-shaped tip. Above and beneath the animal are geometric designs consisting of wedge shaped bordered by seven straight horizontal lines encircling the container. The base design consists of tapering arms radiating from a circle. The negative background of the calabash is yellow-red and the positive areas are black. The black forms are outlined in deeper relief than the surrounding background.
Hemisphere or half a calabash gourd decorated on the outer surface with a painted and carved relief design of a large undulating serpent starting with the head above a small semi-circle hole near the rim and ending with the tail at the same point. Within the undulations, there are six birds and one lizard(?). Geometric pattern around rim, around a 2 cm hole in the centre, and around hole near the edge. All designs are blue.
Figure representing a man sitting on a circular stool with his legs extended under a square table eating from a round bowl. He is wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length trousers. Limbs, head, and bowl are dark brown. Food is light red-brown. Shirt and trousers are light yellow-brown. The table and base are light brown wood.
Standing figure representing a man hilling yams with a hoe-like instrument. The yams are covered with variegated chips. The man is wearing a short-sleeved shirt hanging in loose folds and knee-length trousers. He is wearing a soft pointed cap. Shirt and trousers are light yellow-brown. Head and limbs are dark brown. Hat is light red-brown. The base and hoe-like instruments are light brown wood.
A figure representing a bareheaded male wearing a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers with both hands on a hoe. Head and limbs are dark brown. Shirt and trousers are light yellow-brown. Hoe is brown wood. On a wooden dark brown stained plywood base covered with scattered shavings and multi-coloured irregular objects.
Figures representing two standing people holding umbrellas and bowing to one another. Both figures are wearing short-sleeved shirts and knee-length trousers. The umbrella tops, heads, arms, and legs are dark brown. Clothes are light yellow-brown. The base and umbrella shanks are brown wood.
A kneeling figure representing a male scholar holding a tablet with his left hand while inscribing it with a pointed instrument in his right hand. A second tablet is lying on the ground in front of him. Clothes, tablets, and instrument are light yellow-brown. His head and limbs are dark brown. The plywood base is light brown.
Two figures representing two people facing each other. One is standing and is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers. The other is in identical dress and is sitting on a stool holding a pointed stick over a table covered with variegated chips. Heads, limbs, table, and stool are dark brown. Clothing and pointed stick are light yellow-brown. The base is light brown.