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Tweezers made of one piece of metal that has straight pinchers, a tapered handle, and a small loop on the end.
Necklace made of eight pieces of bone carved in the shape of claws and strung on black and brown horsehair.
Sword (a) with sheath (b); wooden sheath with a series of ridges down one side and a round flat base. The entire sheath is covered with black leather sewn up the back. Roughly hammered blade with reptile skin-covered grip decorated with brass tacks. Elaborate pattern of metal strips and bosses complete handle.
Lyre-like instrument. Wood bowl sound chamber covered with snake or lizard skin. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are three strings are wound around along with goat hair and strings of multi-coloured beads. (Something loose is inside the sound chamber.)
Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.
Stool with a round, flat top and three legs. Incised patterns on legs and around seat. Top of each leg carved with human faces. Black on tan colouring.
Spear with four-sided spear tip that merges into a tang that is twisted and finally into a conical ferrule. The butt end of the cylindrical shaft is a cylindrical piece of metal with a slightly protruding circle of silvery metal on the very end.
The boots (part a-b) are brown sealskin with a band of fur and blue fabric around the opening. The boots made of shaved ringed sealskin with soft pleated shaved bearded sealskin soles. The top of the boots is trimmed with a haired strip of ringed sealskin with horizontal fur flow and a blue fabric casing. The drawstrings are made of blue fabric tape that can be tied at the back of the boots. The leg section of the boots is rather broad, angling slightly outward.
Man’s outer coat, or parka, with a narrow, close-fitting pointed hood. Two rounded chest panels of white fur are inserted in front of coat. Hood, sleeves and hem are trimmed with white fur. Coat is waist length with long rectangular tail on the back. Form of tail is repeated with small band of white fur on tail. On the front and around the hood small bands of white fur are inserted. Two white bands are inserted in the upper part of the sleeves. White fur fringes are attached to hem and shoulders, and a tuft of white fur is inserted on the back between the shoulders. A metal button is attached to the back of the coat.
Square shaped cotton textile consisting of orange and silver victory torches on a yellow map detailing the provinces of Zambia. Under and written in red is ‘Zambia, Kwacha’. The pattern repeats.