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  • african[3,073]
  • adze[11]
  • ammunition[2]
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  • arrow foreshaft[3]
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  • axe[83]
  • axe head[2]
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  • blade[5]
  • bracelet[81]
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  • divination ring[2]
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  • earring[76]
  • ferrule[3]
  • fiddle[2]
  • figure[2]
  • finger piano[16]
  • flywhisk[2]
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  • girdle[18]
  • gong[12]
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  • head band[2]
  • headband[3]
  • headdress[6]
  • heddle pulley[3]
  • hoe[12]
  • hook[3]
  • implement[11]
  • kettledrum[4]
  • key[3]
  • knife[356]
  • knife sheath[85]
  • lamp[4]
  • leg band[9]
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  • mask[5]
  • money[4]
  • neck band[16]
  • necklace[80]
  • oboe[2]
  • ornament[14]
  • pipe[4]
  • pipe stem[2]
  • plate[3]
  • pouch[3]
  • powder horn[3]
  • quiver[4]
  • rattle[7]
  • razor[23]
  • sanza[26]
  • scraper[4]
  • sculpture[6]
  • sheath[18]
  • shield[4]
  • sickle[3]
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  • spear[245]
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  • spear point[27]
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  • tambourine[3]
  • throwing knife[56]
  • tobacco case[4]
  • tongs[5]
  • tool[6]
  • tweezer[14]
  • wristlet[3]
  • africa[38]
  • alima river[3]
  • angola[35]
  • aruwimi district[58]
  • aruwimi river[5]
  • asmara[8]
  • bangala district[33]
  • bapoto town[6]
  • belgian congo[778]
  • benin[31]
  • benin kingdom[9]
  • benue basin[3]
  • botswana[9]
  • boyoma falls[198]
  • british east africa[133]
  • burundi[6]
  • busira river[12]
  • cameroon[14]
  • central congo district[4]
  • congo[24]
  • dahomey[29]
  • democratic republic of the congo[4]
  • east africa[48]
  • eastern province[45]
  • egypt[8]
  • equatorial province[7]
  • ethiopia[167]
  • etosha pan[53]
  • french congo[5]
  • french sudan[8]
  • gabon[104]
  • ghana[6]
  • ilorin[14]
  • itimbiri river[5]
  • ituri forest[31]
  • ivory coast[6]
  • kasai[16]
  • kasai district[394]
  • katanga province[5]
  • kenya[324]
  • kinshasa[5]
  • kitunda[4]
  • kordofan[4]
  • kwango river[4]
  • lake albert[19]
  • lake chad[8]
  • lake chew bahir[4]
  • lake leopold[19]
  • lake nyassa[5]
  • lake victoria[6]
  • liberia[73]
  • loange river[4]
  • lower zambezi[9]
  • madagascar[21]
  • mahaji station[6]
  • malakal[16]
  • mali[27]
  • maritime congo[4]
  • masisi[7]
  • mombasa[22]
  • morocco[52]
  • mubangi district[27]
  • namibia[276]
  • niger[6]
  • nigeria[119]
  • north africa[8]
  • north congo[4]
  • northeast africa[6]
  • northern zaire[9]
  • portuguese west africa[9]
  • rejaf station[10]
  • republic of the congo[72]
  • rubi river[11]
  • sangha river[78]
  • senegal[8]
  • sherbro island[21]
  • sierra leone[78]
  • somalia[24]
  • south africa[69]
  • southern africa[7]
  • southern sudan[12]
  • southwest africa[147]
  • southwest belgian congo[4]
  • sudan[124]
  • tanganyika[14]
  • tanzania[64]
  • ubangi river[4]
  • uele river[17]
  • uganda[85]
  • uganda protectorate[35]
  • ugogo[12]
  • ukamba[125]
  • upper nile[25]
  • usumburu[6]
  • welle district[20]
  • west africa[7]
  • zaire[935]
  • zambezi river[18]
  • zambia[63]
  • zanzibar[18]
  • 19th century[1]
  • akka[1]
  • early 20th century[2]
  • aanza[7]
  • ababua[40]
  • abarambo[15]
  • abudja[3]
  • acholi[21]
  • akamba[29]
  • akikuyu[10]
  • alur[16]
  • aluru[11]
  • ambundu[9]
  • arab[8]
  • arbore[61]
  • arusa[4]
  • arusa galla[4]
  • ashanti[6]
  • azande[28]
  • babali[5]
  • babangi[16]
  • babundu[4]
  • babwa[10]
  • badinga[4]
  • bakete[18]
  • bakongo[6]
  • bakundu[35]
  • bakusu[8]
  • balolo (bantu culture)[11]
  • baluba[42]
  • bambara[11]
  • bangala[11]
  • bankutu[7]
  • bapoto[25]
  • bari[30]
  • barundi[6]
  • bashilele[8]
  • basoko[8]
  • basonge[31]
  • basongo[16]
  • basuto[9]
  • bateke[11]
  • batetela[29]
  • bayaka[29]
  • bayanzi[4]
  • bechuana[5]
  • boran[10]
  • bunno[20]
  • bushmen[63]
  • bushongo[38]
  • coptic[8]
  • edo (africa)[9]
  • elgeyo[27]
  • fan[5]
  • fang[109]
  • galla[13]
  • galla akara[4]
  • galla magois[5]
  • ganguela[14]
  • gasa[6]
  • gizi[16]
  • grigriqua[4]
  • guisi[14]
  • hausa[23]
  • herero[218]
  • ikundu[34]
  • kamasia[4]
  • kanioka[6]
  • kavirondo[6]
  • kikuyu[11]
  • lesa[6]
  • lokele[5]
  • mandingo[8]
  • mangbetu[40]
  • masai[85]
  • mashona[34]
  • massisi[4]
  • mbuti[31]
  • mendi[7]
  • meno[9]
  • momvu[6]
  • nandi[24]
  • ngombe[6]
  • nuer[13]
  • nupe[4]
  • nyam-nyam[19]
  • nyangara[19]
  • pianga[4]
  • pygmy[43]
  • sanga[5]
  • sango[12]
  • sherbro[17]
  • shilluk[26]
  • somali[32]
  • sungu[7]
  • swahili[32]
  • tuareg[29]
  • wagigi[5]
  • walamo[4]
  • xosa[5]
  • yoruba[27]
  • zappo-zap[8]
  • zulu[23]
  • ashanti[2]
  • central africa[38]
  • east africa[17]
  • north africa[32]
  • west africa[8]
  • 30 miles nw of lake rudolf[2]
  • 30 miles nw of lake rudolpf[12]
  • 40 miles south of lake[3]
  • a-ngoni[1]
  • bonair[1]
  • bushongo[1]
  • chief kaperamus' village[4]
  • east of mambasa[3]
  • east of victoria nyansa[2]
  • kamabia[3]
  • kambia[1]
  • kano[4]
  • laboyis near usumburu[4]
  • moera's village[7]
  • mongala river[1]
  • mouth of the ruvega river[1]
  • mouth to ruvega river[8]
  • n.e. belgian congo[1]
  • near mbeni[2]
  • near mutoni[3]
  • north of lake nyassa[1]
  • nw ituri river[1]
  • ruanda clump ne of lake[1]
  • sembehu[1]
  • semio post on the r. werre,[1]
  • sitia chiefdom[1]
  • wakitosh[1]
  • bird[2]
  • bovine[1]
  • child[1]
  • female[2]
  • hand[1]
  • human[2]
  • male[1]
  • man[3]
  • plow[1]
  • soldier[1]
  • woman[2]
  • arabic language[2]
  • english language[2]
  • hebrew language[1]
  • aluminum[4]
  • animal bone joint[1]
  • animal claw[1]
  • antelope horn[1]
  • bamboo[199]
  • bead[1]
  • bone[2]
  • brass[148]
  • bronze[4]
  • cane (plant)[51]
  • ceramic[2]
  • chain[1]
  • copper[169]
  • copper alloy[12]
  • cotton[2]
  • cow hide[1]
  • cowrie[7]
  • crocodile hide[1]
  • ebony wood[2]
  • fabric[5]
  • feather[132]
  • feathers[45]
  • fiber[120]
  • fiber cord[1]
  • fur[2]
  • glass[133]
  • gold[2]
  • gourd[11]
  • gum[1]
  • hair[4]
  • hide[5]
  • horn (animal part)[28]
  • iron[3,073]
  • ivory[34]
  • lead[1]
  • leaf[24]
  • leather[418]
  • metal[1]
  • mirror[1]
  • nuts[2]
  • palm fiber[1]
  • palm leaf[1]
  • parchment[1]
  • pigment[4]
  • plant fiber[24]
  • plastic[1]
  • pod[2]
  • raffia[5]
  • rawhide[5]
  • reed (plant)[90]
  • reed fiber[4]
  • reptile skin[1]
  • resin (material)[2]
  • seeds[5]
  • shell[1]
  • silk[4]
  • silver[6]
  • sinew[32]
  • skin[77]
  • snakeskin[6]
  • steel[1]
  • stone[2]
  • tin[6]
  • turtle shell[5]
  • velvet[1]
  • wood[1,744]
  • wool[2]
  • appliqued[1]
  • carved[11]
  • cast[1]
  • cire perdue[1]
  • engraved[3]
  • etched[2]
  • incised[7]
  • inlaid[1]
  • inscribed[1]
  • painted[4]
  • sewn[1]
  • tanned[1]
  • tooled[1]
  • twisted[3]
  • yoni[1]
  • yes[163]
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