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Triangular shaped fan with green, blue, green, red and black feathers tied together with twine crossed over two horizontal sticks forming a handle.
Ankle ornaments consisting of a rectangle piece of hide with mottled brown hair attached, bordered with grey and brown seeds. Hanging from the bottom are strings of cane and seeds. Tied to the hide are two sunburst designs of brown seeds with a red and black seed in the centre and a large, hemispherical brown seed between them. Part a has an additional cluster of seeds. Part b has a white and red feather attached.
Headdress made from a hide headband with various articles attached to it. The hide band--which is covered in several shades of brown fur--has five pointed protrusions: three at the front and two at the back. The three protrusions at the front of the band have spherical, halved gourds sewn onto them; the central protrusion features a plume of black, brown and blue feathers attached behind the gourd. A fringe of halved brown seeds dangles from the bottom rim of the headband.
Bundle of strips of bark; dark brown and green outer bark with white inner bark. Bundles are tied with twine and attached to a paper tag printed with blue and red characters.
Bundle of strips of reddish brown outer bark with white inner bark; bundle is tied with twine. Printed paper tag with red and blue characters is attached.
Bundle of strips of dark brown and green outer bark with white inner bark; bundle is tied with strips of clear, red and blue plastic. Paper tag with red and blue characters printed on it is attached.
Bundle of plain white inner bark strips; tied together with twine. Paper tag with blue and red characters printed on it is attached.
Bundle of plain, beige-white inner bark strips. Bundle is tied with clear, red and blue plastic straps. A large white hanging paper tag with red and blue characters printed on both sides is attached.
Necklace composed of cylindrical beads of off-white hollow reed and dried black corn.
Traditional Hausa carved design. Natural colour with grey lines, possibly in pencil, and dusted with white powder (?). Part (a), base has five carved parallel lines with scallop design above, all around near top. Two deeply carved lines near base, and base carved into nine quadrants, cross hatched on four, lines in the corners, and central square has diamond and lines carved within. Lid, part (b), has scallop design near rim, two parallel lines, and band of short parallel diagonal lines with horizontal cuts, two parallel lines, and cut-out interwoven oval shapes, with carved circles. Large center circle with four carved concentric rings and a cut-out center.