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  • Object[1,201]
  • no[90]
  • yes[1,111]
  • no[1,108]
  • yes[93]
  • african[1,201]
  • amulet[12]
  • ankle bracelet[8]
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  • arm band[3]
  • armlet[10]
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  • axe[3]
  • badge[3]
  • bag[6]
  • bark cloth[3]
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  • basket lid[9]
  • bead[21]
  • bell[9]
  • belt[8]
  • bobbin[3]
  • book[11]
  • bow[6]
  • bowl[4]
  • box[15]
  • box lid[14]
  • bracelet[46]
  • cameo[13]
  • celt[4]
  • ceremonial figure[3]
  • ceremonial sword[3]
  • chair[5]
  • charm[8]
  • cloth[13]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[13]
  • cosmetic container[3]
  • costume[3]
  • cross[4]
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  • currency[11]
  • dagger[3]
  • dish[4]
  • doll[5]
  • drum[20]
  • earring[9]
  • fan[4]
  • fetish[9]
  • figure[20]
  • figurine[21]
  • finger piano[4]
  • finger ring[5]
  • fire stick[7]
  • game board[16]
  • girdle[10]
  • gold weight[16]
  • gong[5]
  • hat[9]
  • head rest[6]
  • headdress[6]
  • hip-pendant[7]
  • implement[9]
  • knife[18]
  • knife sheath[9]
  • lid[5]
  • lute[4]
  • mancala board[14]
  • manuscript[9]
  • mask[70]
  • mat[5]
  • musical bow[4]
  • necklace[36]
  • ornament[9]
  • painting[13]
  • pendant[9]
  • pendant mask[7]
  • phylactery[9]
  • pile cloth[4]
  • pipe[6]
  • plaque[13]
  • pottery[9]
  • quiver[7]
  • rattle[10]
  • reliquary guardian figure[4]
  • rosary[4]
  • sandal[5]
  • sculpture[39]
  • shield[11]
  • snuff holder[5]
  • spear[15]
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  • staff[6]
  • statue[20]
  • stool[11]
  • sword[8]
  • sword sheath[4]
  • talisman[42]
  • textile[48]
  • trumpet[4]
  • tusk[7]
  • tweezer[4]
  • vessel[12]
  • whetstone[5]
  • xylophone[4]
  • abyssinia[3]
  • adigrat[2]
  • africa[27]
  • algeria[47]
  • angola[29]
  • asmara[9]
  • aswan[1]
  • bachalo[1]
  • bangala[1]
  • bangala district[2]
  • bawngge[6]
  • belgian congo[112]
  • bendu[1]
  • benin[20]
  • benin kingdom[131]
  • boma district[1]
  • botswana[13]
  • boyoma falls[8]
  • brazzaville[1]
  • british east africa[8]
  • burkina faso[1]
  • cairo[16]
  • cameroon[4]
  • capetown[11]
  • congo[13]
  • dahomey[15]
  • democratic republic of the congo[4]
  • djibouti[4]
  • east africa[9]
  • egypt[30]
  • equatorial province[4]
  • ethiopia[236]
  • etosha pan[7]
  • french congo[2]
  • gabon[26]
  • ganana river[3]
  • ghana[48]
  • gold coast[3]
  • grasslands[2]
  • guinea[6]
  • ituri forest[7]
  • ivory coast[43]
  • kasai district[115]
  • kasai-sankuru rivers[5]
  • kenya[32]
  • lagos[4]
  • lake chew bahir[10]
  • lake ngami[2]
  • lake rudolph[7]
  • lake turkana[4]
  • liberia[17]
  • loanda town[2]
  • loango district[3]
  • madagascar[14]
  • mali[11]
  • maritime congo[12]
  • mombasa[6]
  • morocco[17]
  • mozambique[6]
  • namibia[12]
  • nigeria[176]
  • northern abyssinia[2]
  • northern nigeria[3]
  • obock[2]
  • ogooue river[3]
  • pool malebo[3]
  • portuguese west africa[2]
  • rhodesia[2]
  • saint paul de loando[4]
  • senegal[38]
  • senegambia[2]
  • sherbro island[27]
  • sierra leone[49]
  • sitia chiefdom[3]
  • somalia[8]
  • south africa[58]
  • southern africa[6]
  • southern congo[2]
  • southern nigeria[2]
  • southwest africa[4]
  • southwest belgian congo[6]
  • spain[6]
  • sudan[19]
  • swaziland[2]
  • tanzania[4]
  • tigre[2]
  • touggourt[4]
  • tunisia[7]
  • uganda[2]
  • ukamba[8]
  • upper guinea[2]
  • west africa[6]
  • yengema cave[9]
  • yoni[7]
  • yorubaland[2]
  • zaire[124]
  • zambezi river[3]
  • zambia[9]
  • zanzibar[5]
  • zimbabwe[2]
  • 16th century[1]
  • 20th century[1]
  • colonial period[1]
  • early 20th century[3]
  • modern[6]
  • akamba[5]
  • amara[3]
  • ambundu[6]
  • american[1]
  • arbore[100]
  • arusa[4]
  • arusa galla[16]
  • arusa gaua[1]
  • arusi galla[1]
  • ashanti[40]
  • babangi[2]
  • badjok[2]
  • bafiot[3]
  • baga[3]
  • bakongo[7]
  • bakota[6]
  • balolo (bantu culture)[2]
  • baluba[14]
  • bamangwato[2]
  • bambara[4]
  • bambole[2]
  • bamileke[2]
  • bangendi[6]
  • bangongo[8]
  • bapende[10]
  • bapindi[3]
  • barua[2]
  • bashilele[7]
  • bashoba[3]
  • basonge[7]
  • basuto[2]
  • bateke[5]
  • batempa[2]
  • baule[18]
  • bayaka[7]
  • bechuana[2]
  • bena lulua[2]
  • benin[2]
  • bini[2]
  • boki[2]
  • boran[29]
  • bunno[23]
  • bushmen[15]
  • bushongo[62]
  • coptic[9]
  • dan[6]
  • dogon[3]
  • dume[3]
  • edo (africa)[130]
  • ekoi[2]
  • fan[3]
  • fang[10]
  • fon[2]
  • galla[13]
  • guro[8]
  • hanha[2]
  • hebrew[8]
  • herero[6]
  • ibo[4]
  • ijo[2]
  • isambo[4]
  • jewish[3]
  • kafir[2]
  • kere[4]
  • kimbundu[2]
  • kongo[3]
  • konso[3]
  • kuba (african culture)[4]
  • lulua[2]
  • lumbo[2]
  • marimba[2]
  • masongo[2]
  • mbangala[2]
  • mbuti[7]
  • mela[4]
  • mendi[8]
  • moorish[6]
  • moroccan arab[6]
  • nafaras[3]
  • ngere[2]
  • owo-yoruba[4]
  • pianga[15]
  • punu[2]
  • pygmy[7]
  • reshiat[2]
  • sakuyu[15]
  • sanga[2]
  • senufo[4]
  • shangana-tsonga[23]
  • sherbro[21]
  • somali[7]
  • swahili[7]
  • swahili cluster[3]
  • swazi[4]
  • timne[2]
  • vili[6]
  • warua[3]
  • yoruba[22]
  • zappo-zap[2]
  • zulu[17]
  • baule[1]
  • berber[1]
  • central africa[12]
  • east africa[9]
  • edo (africa)[12]
  • ijebu[1]
  • ishan[1]
  • north africa[40]
  • north african[1]
  • owo-yoruba[4]
  • southern africa[4]
  • west africa[31]
  • yoruba[1]
  • 120 miles s.w. of lake ngami[2]
  • 30 miles nw of lake rudolf[2]
  • 30 miles nw of lake rudolpf[13]
  • 40 miles south of lake[3]
  • 60-70[7]
  • 80-100[2]
  • batehalo[1]
  • bedouin camp[8]
  • belgian congo[1]
  • brass (port)[1]
  • cabinda[1]
  • from husein sheikh[1]
  • from sheikh husein[4]
  • from sheikh hussein[1]
  • kasai dist.[1]
  • mobul[1]
  • ndema chiefdom[1]
  • ne of lake[2]
  • near trisana[1]
  • nezla[4]
  • north of mutoni[4]
  • nyanga or mukedi station[1]
  • sheikh husein[2]
  • well near carthage[1]
  • west; region of n'zerekore[1]
  • yonna banni[1]
  • adinkra symbol[3]
  • agboghidi[1]
  • alcohol[1]
  • amandus johnson[1]
  • angel[2]
  • animal[5]
  • animal head[1]
  • antelope[2]
  • antelope?[1]
  • arabic inscription[2]
  • attendant[2]
  • baboon[2]
  • bed[1]
  • bird[14]
  • bird beak[1]
  • bird head[1]
  • birds[1]
  • book[3]
  • bottle[2]
  • bowl[2]
  • box[1]
  • bread[1]
  • buck[1]
  • cap[1]
  • captive?[1]
  • catfish[1]
  • ceremonial sword[1]
  • chains[1]
  • chair[2]
  • chief[2]
  • child[3]
  • children[1]
  • cicatrisation[12]
  • cock[2]
  • coconut tree[1]
  • couple[1]
  • crocodile[8]
  • cross[1]
  • crown[1]
  • devil[4]
  • dog[2]
  • drummers[1]
  • dysentery[1]
  • elephant[5]
  • equestrian[4]
  • face[1]
  • fan[1]
  • feather[1]
  • female[11]
  • female head[2]
  • figures[1]
  • fire[1]
  • fish[2]
  • flames[1]
  • flower[1]
  • frog[1]
  • geometric[3]
  • girl[1]
  • goat[1]
  • goat?[1]
  • groundnut[1]
  • guard?[1]
  • guardian spirit[1]
  • gun[1]
  • hammock[1]
  • hand[14]
  • hand of fatima[1]
  • hat[1]
  • head[1]
  • hornbills[1]
  • horse[4]
  • house[1]
  • human[10]
  • human face[8]
  • human figure[8]
  • human head[13]
  • hunt[3]
  • ibis?[2]
  • janus[2]
  • leopard[3]
  • male[11]
  • male face[2]
  • male head[3]
  • man[23]
  • mancala[5]
  • mask[2]
  • men[3]
  • mudfish[5]
  • rider[2]
  • rifle[2]
  • shoes[3]
  • snake[5]
  • spear[3]
  • staff[2]
  • standing female figure[4]
  • standing male figure[6]
  • stool[3]
  • sword[4]
  • wari[2]
  • woman[27]
  • arabic language[14]
  • coptic language[1]
  • english[1]
  • english language[6]
  • hebrew language[1]
  • agate[1]
  • aluminum[2]
  • animal bone[1]
  • animal bone joint[1]
  • animal claw[2]
  • animal teeth[1]
  • antelope horn[2]
  • antelope skin[1]
  • bamboo[7]
  • bark[4]
  • bead[3]
  • beads[1]
  • beeswax[1]
  • boar tusk[1]
  • bone[7]
  • brass[162]
  • bronze[14]
  • camel hair[2]
  • cane (plant)[5]
  • cardboard[4]
  • carnelian[1]
  • ceramic[8]
  • chain[1]
  • clay[5]
  • cloth[5]
  • coconut[1]
  • coconut shell[2]
  • cocoon[2]
  • copper[27]
  • copper alloy[69]
  • coral[6]
  • cord[2]
  • cotton[25]
  • cowrie[6]
  • cowrie shell[9]
  • dolerite[8]
  • dolorite[1]
  • dye[3]
  • ebony[1]
  • elephant ivory[5]
  • elephant tusk[7]
  • fabric[3]
  • feather[7]
  • feathers[1]
  • felt[4]
  • fiber[151]
  • flannel[5]
  • fruit shell[5]
  • fur[1]
  • giraffe hair[2]
  • glass[67]
  • glass paste[1]
  • glaze[5]
  • gold[20]
  • gourd[25]
  • grass[10]
  • hair[4]
  • hide[13]
  • hoof[1]
  • horn[1]
  • horn (animal part)[12]
  • ink[7]
  • iron[163]
  • ivory[41]
  • leather[112]
  • metal[46]
  • ostrich egg shell[19]
  • paint[3]
  • palm fiber[5]
  • paper[10]
  • parchment[2]
  • pewter[3]
  • pigment[61]
  • plant fiber[17]
  • raffia[19]
  • raphia[4]
  • rawhide[2]
  • reed (plant)[72]
  • rope[2]
  • rubber[3]
  • seed[2]
  • seeds[2]
  • shell[10]
  • silk[2]
  • silver[9]
  • sinew[2]
  • skin[19]
  • steel[2]
  • stone[13]
  • straw[5]
  • string[4]
  • terracotta[5]
  • thread[3]
  • tin[10]
  • tin can[4]
  • turtle shell[3]
  • vegetable fiber[2]
  • vellum[13]
  • wood[507]
  • wool[4]
  • appliqued[4]
  • basketry[8]
  • beaded[1]
  • bound[2]
  • braided[2]
  • cameo[13]
  • carved[98]
  • cast[1]
  • cire perdue[1]
  • coiled[3]
  • dyed[13]
  • earthenware[1]
  • embossed[1]
  • embroidered[16]
  • engraved[6]
  • glazed[3]
  • incised[16]
  • inlaid[2]
  • lost wax casting[55]
  • painted[17]
  • plaited[1]
  • plaque mold cast[1]
  • polychrome[2]
  • potter's wheel[4]
  • printed[2]
  • sewn[10]
  • stained[1]
  • undyed[1]
  • woven[33]
  • chief ovia idah[1]
  • ijebu[1]
  • ishan[1]
  • issac o. edokpolo[1]
  • yoruba[1]
  • yes[1,201]
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30-46-2

30-46-2

Figure

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AF2066

AF2066

On Display

Plaque

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AF3685

AF3685

Mask

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AF428

AF428

Cup

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AF1437

AF1437

Pile Cloth

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2003-53-2.2

2003-53-2.2

Lid

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2003-53-2.1

2003-53-2.1

Basket

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AF1835B

AF1835B

Basket Lid

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AF1835A

AF1835A

Basket

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29-12-68

29-12-68

Sculpture

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AF466

AF466

Cup

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29-93-6A

29-93-6A

Box

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29-12-97

29-12-97

Sculpture

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87-13-48

87-13-48

Cross

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42-30-524

42-30-524

Knife

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AF5380

AF5380

Statue

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AF5116

AF5116

Cup

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AF5360

AF5360

Pottery

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20291.2

20291.2

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Game Board

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20291.1

20291.1

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Game Board

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AF5121

AF5121

Stool

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29-93-39

29-93-39

On Display

Drum

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82-1-1

82-1-1

Dance Crest

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29-12-236

29-12-236

On Display

Reliquary Guardian Figure

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29-93-6B

29-93-6B

Box Lid

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19428

19428

Hair Pin

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16113A

16113A

Sword

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AF4443

AF4443

Whip

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AF4518

AF4518

Bracelet

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75-5-1A

75-5-1A

Vessel

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AF510

AF510

Box

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AF2276

AF2276

Tweezer

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