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  • Object[4,335]
  • no[4,335]
  • no[4,335]
  • african[4,335]
  • adze[7]
  • ankle band[9]
  • anklet[9]
  • apron[22]
  • arrow[794]
  • arrow head[17]
  • arrow shaft[52]
  • axe[45]
  • bag[28]
  • basket[127]
  • basket lid[20]
  • basket tray[7]
  • bell[34]
  • bellows[8]
  • belt[7]
  • bottle[8]
  • bow[31]
  • bowl[40]
  • box[37]
  • box lid[26]
  • bracelet[52]
  • carrier (object)[7]
  • castanet[14]
  • charm[13]
  • club[18]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[15]
  • cord[9]
  • cosmetic container[10]
  • covered basket[26]
  • cup[54]
  • currency[23]
  • dagger[49]
  • drum[32]
  • drumstick[9]
  • fan[9]
  • fiddle[7]
  • figure[35]
  • figurine[14]
  • finial[18]
  • fire stick[8]
  • firemaking outfit[10]
  • fish net[10]
  • flute[9]
  • funnel[11]
  • girdle[34]
  • gong[10]
  • gunflint[7]
  • hammock[9]
  • harp[12]
  • hat[39]
  • headdress[16]
  • kettledrum[9]
  • knife[290]
  • knife sheath[66]
  • ladle[8]
  • leg ring[64]
  • lid[8]
  • loom part[24]
  • lute[9]
  • mantle[7]
  • mask[62]
  • mat[32]
  • medicine[50]
  • medicine bundle[39]
  • model[13]
  • mortar[9]
  • necklace[126]
  • object[12]
  • ornament[11]
  • paddle[15]
  • pouch[16]
  • powder horn[11]
  • purse[12]
  • quiver[34]
  • rattle[36]
  • razor[14]
  • sample[13]
  • sandal[7]
  • sanza[20]
  • sculpture[116]
  • sheath[37]
  • skirt[7]
  • spear[244]
  • spear head[19]
  • spear point[12]
  • spearhead[12]
  • spindle[8]
  • spoon[51]
  • staff[29]
  • stick[28]
  • stopper[12]
  • sword[131]
  • sword sheath[18]
  • textile[29]
  • throwing knife[38]
  • tray[25]
  • vessel[22]
  • walking stick[12]
  • whistle[17]
  • xylophone[10]
  • africa[178]
  • alima river[7]
  • angola[106]
  • aruwimi district[77]
  • aruwimi river[22]
  • balolo (sierra leone)[15]
  • bangala[9]
  • bangala district[67]
  • bapoto town[6]
  • bawngge[10]
  • bechuanaland[4]
  • belgian congo[1,119]
  • benin[8]
  • boma district[6]
  • bomokandi river[4]
  • bompe[14]
  • botswana[112]
  • boyoma falls[228]
  • brazzaville[4]
  • burkina faso[15]
  • burundi[8]
  • burunga[10]
  • busira river[16]
  • cameroon[60]
  • capetown[8]
  • carnot[4]
  • central zaire[11]
  • congo[35]
  • dahomey[34]
  • democratic republic of the congo[9]
  • east africa[12]
  • eastern province[61]
  • egypt[65]
  • equatorial province[12]
  • etosha pan[147]
  • gabon[232]
  • guinea[13]
  • ilorin[16]
  • irumu[6]
  • itimbiri river[5]
  • ituri forest[45]
  • ivory coast[65]
  • jiama[23]
  • kafubullom[4]
  • kasai[19]
  • kasai district[692]
  • katanga province[7]
  • kinshasa[5]
  • kitunda[9]
  • lagos[13]
  • lake kivu[7]
  • lake leopold[22]
  • loanda town[9]
  • lomami[8]
  • lower congo[6]
  • lower zambezi[8]
  • madagascar[24]
  • mali[47]
  • masisi[7]
  • morocco[63]
  • movaudi[13]
  • mozambique[10]
  • mubangi district[45]
  • mubangi river[8]
  • namibia[486]
  • nigeria[225]
  • north africa[9]
  • northeastern zaire[9]
  • northern zaire[9]
  • ogave river[11]
  • pool malebo[6]
  • portuguese west africa[19]
  • republic of the congo[93]
  • rhodesia[7]
  • rubi river[10]
  • sangha river[84]
  • sankuru river[5]
  • senegal[10]
  • shengge[10]
  • sherbro island[246]
  • sierra leone[462]
  • sitia chiefdom[14]
  • south africa[138]
  • southern africa[9]
  • southwest africa[226]
  • togo[42]
  • ubangi river[16]
  • uele river[25]
  • upper guinea[7]
  • upper nile[9]
  • upper sangha[5]
  • usumburu[8]
  • welle district[6]
  • west africa[49]
  • western zaire[12]
  • yoni[39]
  • zaire[1,330]
  • zambezi river[25]
  • zambia[66]
  • zimbabwe[10]
  • 15th century[1]
  • 19th century[5]
  • 20th century[2]
  • contemporary[1]
  • early 20th century[3]
  • late 19th century[14]
  • modern[14]
  • ababua[40]
  • abarambo[14]
  • acholi[14]
  • alur[29]
  • ambundu[24]
  • azande[26]
  • babangi[17]
  • babundu[27]
  • babwa[4]
  • badinga[4]
  • bakete[28]
  • bakongo[20]
  • bakundu[46]
  • bakusu[13]
  • bakutu[24]
  • balega[5]
  • balolo (bantu culture)[23]
  • baluba[65]
  • bamangwato[5]
  • bambala[28]
  • bambara[7]
  • bamum[8]
  • bangala[16]
  • bangendi[4]
  • bangongo[8]
  • bankutu[33]
  • banza[12]
  • bapende[15]
  • bapoto[23]
  • barundi[9]
  • bashilele[14]
  • basoko[12]
  • basonge[31]
  • basongo[22]
  • basuto[6]
  • bateke[18]
  • batetela[36]
  • batwa[4]
  • baule[53]
  • bayaka[51]
  • bayanzi[15]
  • bechuana[8]
  • bena[4]
  • bobo[7]
  • bolom[9]
  • bulom[5]
  • bushmen[236]
  • bushongo[146]
  • dogon[10]
  • ekoi[4]
  • fan[5]
  • fang[230]
  • fon[4]
  • ganguela[12]
  • gasa[5]
  • guisi[14]
  • hausa[34]
  • herero[315]
  • ibibio[4]
  • ibo[7]
  • ikundu[42]
  • isambo[5]
  • kanioka[14]
  • kimbundu[9]
  • lesa[7]
  • lohali[4]
  • lokele[6]
  • lomiabo[5]
  • maholo[6]
  • malinke[6]
  • mandingo[37]
  • mangbetu[45]
  • mashona[38]
  • masongo[8]
  • mayombe[6]
  • mbuti[45]
  • mendi[60]
  • meno[11]
  • mongwandi[11]
  • mossi[5]
  • ngombe[5]
  • nupe[7]
  • nyam-nyam[18]
  • ovambo[29]
  • ovimbundu[10]
  • pianga[32]
  • pondo[5]
  • pygmy[58]
  • sango[12]
  • sherbro[226]
  • shilluk[7]
  • sungu[7]
  • swazi[6]
  • timne[13]
  • tuareg[24]
  • vili[13]
  • wagigi[5]
  • xosa[13]
  • yoruba[42]
  • zulu[36]
  • african[2]
  • bamum[1]
  • central africa[122]
  • east africa[10]
  • north africa[71]
  • southern africa[15]
  • west africa[27]
  • yoruba[1]
  • 120 miles s.w. of lake ngami[2]
  • balolo[1]
  • batehalo[1]
  • bempe[1]
  • between bo and pujuhun[1]
  • bonair[6]
  • bonny[1]
  • burungu camp at foot of mountain[1]
  • bushongo[1]
  • calabar?[1]
  • chief kaperamus' village[10]
  • coast of loango ?[2]
  • east of mambasa[11]
  • found in collection[1]
  • gambia[1]
  • grave[1]
  • ilorin[2]
  • kaballa[1]
  • kamabia[4]
  • kambia[1]
  • kano[4]
  • kibera hills , near edge of forest near usumburu[2]
  • kisenyis village[3]
  • laboyis near usumburu[4]
  • lower cross river basin[1]
  • lower kurlu river[4]
  • lulenga mission on main road between lakes kivu and edward[1]
  • mobambi[2]
  • mobul[1]
  • moera's village[7]
  • mokebe[1]
  • moloko, neighbourhood of yoni[1]
  • mongala river[1]
  • monge - 2 days west of masisi[1]
  • moore's village[1]
  • mouth of the ruvega river[1]
  • mouth to ruvega river[7]
  • mumdula's village - 1 week west of katana,[1]
  • ndema chiefdom[4]
  • near bonny[1]
  • near mbeni[2]
  • near trisana[2]
  • near yoni[8]
  • north of mutoni[5]
  • nw ituri river[1]
  • old calabar?[1]
  • pendembu[1]
  • rotifunk[2]
  • ruanda clump ne of lake[1]
  • rutifunk[3]
  • sembehu[4]
  • shengge[3]
  • shengge [kagboro] chiefdom[2]
  • sitia chiefdom[14]
  • sitia chiefdom - dubu[1]
  • south middle rokell (seli) river[3]
  • trisana[1]
  • tshokolo[2]
  • upper ituri-wele river[1]
  • yoni[7]
  • yonn banni[1]
  • animal[6]
  • antelope[3]
  • anthropomorphic[1]
  • antler[1]
  • bird[4]
  • bird head[2]
  • bird?[2]
  • boat[2]
  • book[1]
  • bovine[1]
  • bowl[1]
  • bush-cow[1]
  • cactus[1]
  • canoe[2]
  • captive?[1]
  • child[3]
  • crocodile[1]
  • cynocephalos[1]
  • dish[1]
  • drum[3]
  • elephant[1]
  • equestrian[1]
  • face[1]
  • female[35]
  • female head[2]
  • figures[1]
  • floral[1]
  • flowers[1]
  • giraffe[1]
  • girl[1]
  • hat[1]
  • head[1]
  • headdress[1]
  • house[2]
  • human[30]
  • human face[3]
  • human figure[1]
  • human figures[1]
  • human head[2]
  • hut[1]
  • huts[1]
  • janus head[1]
  • leopard[1]
  • leopard head[1]
  • leprosy cure[1]
  • letter[2]
  • love potion[1]
  • male[34]
  • male head[1]
  • man[16]
  • monkey[1]
  • mortar[1]
  • musician[1]
  • plow[1]
  • priest?[1]
  • prince albert[1]
  • skin of pangolie[1]
  • skull[1]
  • standing male[1]
  • stool[1]
  • sun[1]
  • tortoise[1]
  • trees[1]
  • trespasser curse[4]
  • warthog[1]
  • water container[1]
  • woman[21]
  • arabic language[1]
  • english language[1]
  • aluminum[2]
  • animal[1]
  • animal hair[1]
  • animal horn[1]
  • animal skin[1]
  • animal teeth[1]
  • animal tooth[1]
  • antelope horn[4]
  • antelope skin[1]
  • bamboo[206]
  • bark[9]
  • bast[3]
  • bead[12]
  • beads[2]
  • bean[1]
  • boar tusk[1]
  • bone[9]
  • brass[191]
  • bronze[4]
  • cane (plant)[39]
  • ceramic[23]
  • clay[4]
  • cloth[7]
  • coconut shell[3]
  • cocoon[7]
  • copper[158]
  • copper alloy[7]
  • cotton[66]
  • cowrie[16]
  • cowrie shell[5]
  • cowrie shells[2]
  • deer hoof[5]
  • earth[2]
  • ebony wood[5]
  • egg shell[9]
  • fabric[16]
  • feather[128]
  • feathers[53]
  • fiber[639]
  • fur[28]
  • glass[105]
  • gourd[42]
  • grass[31]
  • gum[3]
  • gut[2]
  • hair[14]
  • hemp[4]
  • hide[18]
  • horn (animal part)[23]
  • iron[1,655]
  • lead[2]
  • leaf[98]
  • leather[488]
  • linen[2]
  • metal[317]
  • nut (plant)[4]
  • nuts[11]
  • oils[2]
  • ostrich egg shell[28]
  • paint[11]
  • palm[4]
  • palm fiber[4]
  • palm leaf[6]
  • paper[4]
  • parchment[6]
  • pigment[28]
  • plant fiber[94]
  • plant material[29]
  • plastic[2]
  • pod[6]
  • pods[3]
  • raffia[14]
  • raphia[2]
  • rattan[4]
  • rawhide[11]
  • reed (plant)[97]
  • reptile skin[4]
  • resin (material)[3]
  • root[3]
  • rope[2]
  • rubber[2]
  • sand[2]
  • seed[11]
  • seeds[20]
  • shell[16]
  • silk[7]
  • silver[3]
  • sinew[7]
  • skin[123]
  • snakeskin[8]
  • soapstone[6]
  • steel[11]
  • stem[2]
  • stone[21]
  • straw[2]
  • tin[9]
  • turtle shell[24]
  • wicker[3]
  • wood[2,514]
  • wool[13]
  • appliqued[1]
  • basketry[179]
  • braided[3]
  • burned[1]
  • burnished[1]
  • burnt[1]
  • carved[172]
  • carving[2]
  • cast[1]
  • coiled[24]
  • cross stitch[1]
  • dyed[4]
  • embossed[1]
  • embroidered[7]
  • engraved[4]
  • hammered[1]
  • incised[22]
  • inlaid[4]
  • painted[27]
  • plaited[5]
  • twilled[18]
  • twined[2]
  • woven[12]
  • bela sara m'daye[1]
  • mwenze kibwanga[1]
  • yoni[1]
  • yes[90]
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AF3380A

Knife

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AF3379A

Sword

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59-20-31

Fan

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AF13

Arrow

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AF1860

Basket

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AF1859

Basket

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AF1784

Sword

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CG98-1-88

Snaphaunce Gun

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AF2706B

Necklace

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AF2696

Necklace

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31-2-5

Bow

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AF4315

Flywhisk

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87-27-1A

Bowl

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AF4113

Ladle

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68-18-20

Knife

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68-18-19

Knife

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29-201-9

Pottery

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AF691

Stopper

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AF4787

House Model

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42-30-504

Knife

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AF3943

Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

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AF3638

Rattle

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AF1134

Sword

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67-30-11

Quiver

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31-2-41

Quiver

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83-19-2

Cosmetic Container

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AF4291A

Tray

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31-2-231B

Lid

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68-18-25

Amulet

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42-30-541B

Sheath

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AF3048A

Arrow

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AF3707

Apron

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