Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Postcard that is part of a series of seasonal scenes. Shown is a rooster in front of a plant.
Jug-shaped, light orange clay owl has a white body covered with rows of hand painted splotches of dark brown. The large orange and brown beak loops up from the top of the head like a spout, with the dot-tipped ears placed near the back of the head. Red eyes bulge slightly.
Cape composed of palm fibres sewn together with a twined fibre rope. The ends of the palm fibres hang loose at the bottom. The cape has thick double-twined rope ties at the neck.
Rubbing from a cave wall mounted on a large rectangular piece of paper. Depicted are two sections of characters in between two human figures on one side and another human figure on the other side.
Coarse, hand built, dark orange clay fire pot on large pedestal foot. The rim of half of the large, shallow bowl is scalloped and comes to a high point. The bottom of the foot is concave.
Carved wooden spear thrower. One edge is straight; the other edge is widest in the centre with a carved concentric circle design on front and back. One end has a carved head, the other has an intricate openwork point.
Twisted fibre string bag (bilum) in a square shape with long woven strap handle attached to ends of the slit opening. The body of the bag is detailed with single bands of green and double bands of dark purple, alternating with the natural beige background. Strap has the same coloured accents.
Penis sheath. Made from a curved, basketry covered gourd, it is decorated with woven vertical zigzags and clusters of seeds dangling from thin ropes at both ends, and is painted in three shades of brown. A thin rope loops at open end.
Twisted fibre bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal shape with long woven strap handle. The body of the bag is detailed with green, brown and natural beige zigzags and one side of the top slit opening has some fibres in yellow, green, purple and maroon.
The canoe (part a) is carved from one piece of wood in the shape of a crocodile. At the stern a crocodile is climbing out of the water and snatching a baby. Inside the canoe is a family fishing, with their dog. At the bow of the flat-bottomed dugout canoe is a carved crocodile head, with white decoration running along the sides and purple fibre tassels. Inside lies a black and white dog, then behind him an older male with a beard holding a paddle (part b), then a younger male. The female figure is next, with a yellow grass skirt, holding another paddle (part c) and is falling back away from the yellow and brown crocodile. The crocodile holds the pink baby between its many sharp teeth.