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  • no[639]
  • yes[1,436]
  • no[2,070]
  • yes[5]
  • african[2,075]
  • amulet[18]
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  • basket[191]
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  • box[22]
  • box lid[12]
  • bracelet[37]
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  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[11]
  • container[4]
  • cord[9]
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  • cover[4]
  • covered basket[43]
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  • drum[24]
  • effigy[4]
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  • fetish[15]
  • fiddle[10]
  • fish net[5]
  • fishing trap[5]
  • fringe[6]
  • girdle[36]
  • glove[5]
  • goblet drum[5]
  • hammock[4]
  • harp[17]
  • harpoon[4]
  • hat[54]
  • headdress[6]
  • heddle pulley[5]
  • instrument[4]
  • jar[5]
  • knife[14]
  • knife sheath[10]
  • leg band[14]
  • lid[16]
  • loin cloth[4]
  • loom[8]
  • loom part[8]
  • lute[16]
  • lyre[5]
  • mask[39]
  • mat[46]
  • medicine bundle[8]
  • musical bow[4]
  • neck band[4]
  • necklace[130]
  • ornament[27]
  • panpipes[4]
  • penis sheath[11]
  • pile cloth[57]
  • pouch[12]
  • purse[6]
  • quiver[17]
  • rattle[29]
  • sample[6]
  • sculpture[12]
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  • shirt[11]
  • shoe[4]
  • sieve[9]
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  • sling[5]
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  • zither[6]
  • africa[95]
  • alima river[8]
  • angola[130]
  • aruwimi district[12]
  • asmara[4]
  • bangala[11]
  • bangala district[23]
  • bawngge[5]
  • belgian congo[464]
  • benin[5]
  • boma district[7]
  • bompe[4]
  • botswana[32]
  • boyoma falls[48]
  • brazzaville[14]
  • british east africa[37]
  • burkina faso[3]
  • burkina faso faso[13]
  • cairo[8]
  • cameroon[30]
  • carnot[4]
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  • democratic republic of the congo[11]
  • djibouti[10]
  • east africa[46]
  • east central africa[4]
  • eastern province[14]
  • egypt[55]
  • egyptian sudan[3]
  • equatorial province[13]
  • ethiopia[55]
  • etosha pan[22]
  • gabon[43]
  • ghana[16]
  • guinea[4]
  • isangi[3]
  • ituri forest[28]
  • ivory coast[11]
  • juapa valley[4]
  • kasai district[395]
  • kasai-sankuru rivers[20]
  • kenya[121]
  • kinshasa[3]
  • kitunda[4]
  • kwango district[3]
  • lagos[6]
  • lake albert[12]
  • lake kivu[8]
  • lake nyassa[9]
  • liberia[47]
  • lili[4]
  • loanda town[13]
  • loango district[6]
  • lower lomami river[6]
  • lulongo valley[4]
  • madagascar[28]
  • malakal[19]
  • mali[14]
  • maritime congo[8]
  • masisi[6]
  • mombasa[36]
  • morocco[49]
  • movaudi[5]
  • mubangi district[15]
  • namibia[48]
  • nigeria[51]
  • north africa[11]
  • northeast africa[9]
  • nubia[8]
  • portuguese west africa[17]
  • rejaf station[10]
  • republic of the congo[33]
  • rwanda[5]
  • saint paul de loando[4]
  • sankuru river[6]
  • senegal[14]
  • shengge[6]
  • sherbro island[92]
  • sierra leone[146]
  • sitia chiefdom[8]
  • somalia[17]
  • south africa[110]
  • southern sudan[4]
  • southwest africa[15]
  • southwest belgian congo[26]
  • sudan[74]
  • tambi[4]
  • tanganyika[4]
  • tanzania[26]
  • uele river[5]
  • uganda[45]
  • ukamba[37]
  • upper sangha[5]
  • walikale[5]
  • west africa[22]
  • yoni[18]
  • zaire[448]
  • zambezi river[12]
  • zambia[24]
  • zimbabwe[4]
  • modern[3]
  • ababua[5]
  • akamba[12]
  • alur[11]
  • aluru[10]
  • ambundu[26]
  • arbore[9]
  • ashanti[4]
  • azande[13]
  • babunda[3]
  • babundu[11]
  • baganda[15]
  • bagenya[3]
  • bakete[9]
  • bakongo[6]
  • balega[4]
  • balolo (bantu culture)[13]
  • baluba[39]
  • bambala[18]
  • bamum[3]
  • bangala[11]
  • bangendi[24]
  • bangongo[74]
  • banguli[8]
  • bankutu[5]
  • banza[14]
  • bapende[26]
  • bapindi[26]
  • bapoto[5]
  • bashoba[7]
  • basoko[5]
  • basonge[7]
  • bateke[8]
  • batempa[5]
  • batetela[14]
  • baule[6]
  • bayaka[12]
  • bayanzi[7]
  • bena[4]
  • boran[7]
  • bukeba[6]
  • bushmen[43]
  • bushongo[186]
  • dogon[5]
  • dumba[5]
  • dumbi[6]
  • fang[53]
  • galla[15]
  • galla magois[3]
  • ganguela[5]
  • hausa[7]
  • herero[24]
  • ikundu[3]
  • islamic[5]
  • kanioka[4]
  • kavirondo[8]
  • kimbundu[23]
  • kioko[3]
  • kirdi[5]
  • kongo[3]
  • kuba (african culture)[4]
  • latuka[3]
  • lokele[5]
  • lulua[5]
  • mabudu[3]
  • maholo[3]
  • mai[6]
  • mandingo[4]
  • mangbetu[6]
  • mano[4]
  • masai[3]
  • mashona[9]
  • masongo[8]
  • mayombe[7]
  • mbuti[26]
  • mendi[16]
  • nafana[4]
  • nandi[4]
  • ngombe[7]
  • njinga[3]
  • nyangara[5]
  • ovambo[11]
  • ovimbundu[12]
  • owo[3]
  • pianga[31]
  • pygmy[27]
  • senufo[3]
  • shangana-tsonga[17]
  • sherbro[92]
  • shilluk[5]
  • somali[7]
  • swahili[43]
  • swazi[11]
  • turka[12]
  • vili[22]
  • waha[4]
  • watusi[11]
  • xosa[7]
  • yoruba[8]
  • zappo-zap[4]
  • zulu[49]
  • asalampasu[1]
  • central africa[46]
  • east africa[15]
  • north africa[60]
  • southern africa[13]
  • west africa[31]
  • 120 miles s.w. of lake ngami[2]
  • balolo[1]
  • basin of 3 rivers[1]
  • batehalo[1]
  • between the r. kwilu and r. loange rivers[1]
  • bonair[2]
  • bonny[1]
  • bukoba[6]
  • cabinda[1]
  • calabar?[1]
  • coast of loango ?[1]
  • east of mambasa[1]
  • gambia[1]
  • kamabia[2]
  • kisenyis village[5]
  • kiziba[1]
  • lake region[1]
  • lulenga mission on main road between lakes kivu and edward[1]
  • monge - 2 days west of masisi[2]
  • moore's village[1]
  • mumdula's village - 1 week west of katana,[1]
  • ndema chiefdom[2]
  • near mambasa[1]
  • near mbeni[5]
  • near mutoni[1]
  • near trisana[2]
  • near yoni[7]
  • north of chief mutoni's village[1]
  • north of mbeni[1]
  • north of mutoni[17]
  • old calabar?[1]
  • pendembu[6]
  • road to masisi between lake kivu and walikali[1]
  • rutifunk[2]
  • sembehu[3]
  • sheikh husein[2]
  • shengge[2]
  • shengge [kagboro] chiefdom[2]
  • shengge chiefdom[2]
  • shire river[1]
  • sitia chiefdom[5]
  • tanganyika[6]
  • tshokolo[2]
  • upper ituri-wele river[1]
  • west coast[1]
  • west; region of n'zerekore[1]
  • yoni[2]
  • amandus johnson[3]
  • animal[1]
  • animal head[1]
  • bird[1]
  • boat[1]
  • child[1]
  • cicatrisation[1]
  • dog[1]
  • drum[2]
  • female[1]
  • head[1]
  • house[1]
  • human[6]
  • human face[1]
  • human figure[1]
  • human figures[1]
  • human head[1]
  • huts[1]
  • janus[1]
  • male[2]
  • man[3]
  • mother[1]
  • musician[1]
  • sun[1]
  • trees[1]
  • warthog[1]
  • water buffalo[1]
  • woman[4]
  • english[2]
  • english language[4]
  • animal hair[1]
  • animal teeth[1]
  • bamboo[29]
  • bark[11]
  • bead[2]
  • beads[2]
  • bone[8]
  • brass[53]
  • cane (plant)[36]
  • ceramic[10]
  • claw[3]
  • clay[1]
  • cloth[5]
  • coconut shell[1]
  • cocoon[9]
  • copper[25]
  • coral[2]
  • cord[1]
  • cotton[14]
  • cowrie[25]
  • cowrie shell[3]
  • cowrie shells[1]
  • deer hoof[1]
  • dung[1]
  • ebony[1]
  • egg shell[2]
  • fabric[12]
  • feather[7]
  • fiber[2,075]
  • fruit shell[1]
  • fur[2]
  • giraffe hair[1]
  • glass[174]
  • goat skin[1]
  • gold[1]
  • gourd[44]
  • granite[1]
  • grass[28]
  • hair[11]
  • hemp[2]
  • hide[21]
  • horn (animal part)[16]
  • iron[120]
  • ivory[10]
  • jute[1]
  • leaf[9]
  • leather[132]
  • leopard skin[2]
  • leopard tooth[1]
  • metal[42]
  • mother-of-pearl[1]
  • nut (plant)[1]
  • nuts[8]
  • ocher[1]
  • oils[2]
  • organic[1]
  • ostrich egg shell[27]
  • paint[2]
  • palm[4]
  • palm leaf[3]
  • palm wood[3]
  • parchment[6]
  • pearl[1]
  • pig teeth[1]
  • pigment[17]
  • plant fiber[19]
  • pod[1]
  • pods[1]
  • quartz[1]
  • quill[1]
  • raffia[3]
  • rattan[2]
  • rawhide[2]
  • reed (plant)[8]
  • reptile skin[6]
  • resin (material)[1]
  • root[1]
  • salt[1]
  • seed[7]
  • seeds[30]
  • sheepskin[1]
  • shell[18]
  • shells[1]
  • skin[58]
  • snakeskin[1]
  • stem[2]
  • stone[7]
  • straw[1]
  • string[2]
  • studs[1]
  • thread[3]
  • tin[2]
  • tin can[2]
  • tooth[2]
  • turtle shell[3]
  • tusk[2]
  • wicker[1]
  • wood[593]
  • wool[3]
  • basketry[279]
  • beaded[6]
  • beadwork[2]
  • bound[2]
  • braided[5]
  • burnt[1]
  • carved[57]
  • coiled[39]
  • dyed[4]
  • embossed[1]
  • embroidered[84]
  • enameled[1]
  • glazed[1]
  • incised[12]
  • inlaid[1]
  • painted[7]
  • plaited[12]
  • sewn[9]
  • twilled[16]
  • woven[91]
  • bela sara m'daye[1]
  • mwenze kibwanga[1]
  • yes[151]
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AF3685

AF3685

Mask

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AF412

Cup

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AF1835B

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Basket Lid

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Basket

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Knife

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Stool

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Pile Cloth

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29-12-68

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66-25-3

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Pouch

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AF1718

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Shield

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97-120-836

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Collar

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AF291

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Food Cover

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AF3596

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Zither

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29-59-18

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Fetish

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AF4552

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AF499

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Box

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Trumpet

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AF251

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Harp

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AF4483B

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Necklace

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29-201-646

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Lute

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AF3714

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Girdle

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AF5006

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Tray

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48-29-83

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Flywhisk

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Club

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AF313B

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Strainer

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AF5000

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Basket

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AF1419

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