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Oval-shaped swamp grass basket (a) with lid (b). Sides: bottom and top rim has a band of purple/red/purple. Central ribbon of purple squares connected with purple line on yellow ground. Lid: orange border and same central band as basket, with inner strip of turquoise at origin. Base: centre is plaited; plain twined weaving (over several warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Lid has flange to hold it in place.
Figure of a woman wearing a plain straight skirt and with a pot balanced on her head. Her hair is carved with texturing. She has eyes, a nose, a mouth, ears, and breasts. Her arms are resting at her sides with her hands folded into one another across her lap. The pot is rounded with a horizontal middle band and flares upward to create a large wide lip. She is standing on a square base.
A deep cylindrical pot with horizontal leaf bands, possibly palm leaf, connected to each other with vertical bands of braided bark? The bottom of the pot is rounded with a herring-bone-like weave. The pot appears to have been plastered with a mixture of fibre or hair and reddish clay. Simple design on the three legs of two horizontal wide-grooved bands around the top.
Series of reeds lashed together with braided grass in three places, one on each side and one series of stitching down the middle. Seeds are inside and make noise when object is moved.
Plain dark brown wood headrest with a circular base, a cylindrical stem, and a concave oval rest on top. Small circles stamped or imprinted on top of the rest.
Plain brown wood headrest with two rounded rectangular feet, each of which has a cylindrical stem, and a thin concave rectangular rest on top. Three holes along the upper part and three holes along the bottom part.
Plain hollow cylindrical piece, except for two sets of initials, perhaps added later "AHS" and "CMS".
Kamba made of a calabash sounding chamber with a burned dotted design. The sticks supporting the sounding board are fixed into clay around the rim of the calabash. These sticks include the four legs at an angle with each pair connected by rope which goes through, and attaches a long flat rectangular wood piece with pointed ends. There is a stick (part b) which tapers at one end that has five angled sides.
Curved spatula-shaped razor blade cut from sheet tin. Top part is wider than lower part. Top and lower part are joined by a thin tapered piece.
Two plain brown wood cylindrical ear plugs, each with a hole drilled through the centre, and attached to one another with skin.