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Kwere medicine gourd, Tanzania
wood, gourd
10 1/2″ h
Kwere medicine gourd, Tanzania
gourd, wood, cloth, fiber, cotton thread
7″h
Yatura ceremonial wedding gourd, Tanzania
gourd, pyro-blackening
8″ h
Yatura ceremonial wedding gourd, Tanzania
gourd, pyro-blackening
14″ h
Yatura ceremonial wedding gourd, Tanzania
gourd, pyro-blackening
17″ h
Yatura ceremonial wedding gourd, Tanzania
gourd, pyro-blackening
6″ h
Bahima milk container, Uganda
wood, fiber
9 1/2″ h
Serving dish, Ethiopia
wood
18″ d
Xhosa, Mpondo basket, South Africa
grass
10″ h
Yatura beaded gourd housing fertility secrets, Tanzania
gourd. glass beads, shell, wood
16″ h
Xhosa, Mpondo beaded canister, South Africa
tin, glass beads, bells, cotton thread
14 1/2″ h
Zulu woven wire-covered bottle, South Africa
glass bottle, telephone wire (plastic & metal)
13 1/2″ h
Ndebele diviner’s beaded bottle, South Africa
glass bottle, glass seed beads, plastic cap, cotton thread
14″ h
Lozi bowl, Zambia
wood
19 1/2″ l
Lozi bowl, Zambia
wood, paint
15″ l
Fang container, Cameroon
bark
11″ h
Zulu milk pail, South Africa
wood
16″ h
Zulu beer baskets, Hlabisa, South Africa.
grass, plant dyes
9 1/2″ h
Zulu beer baskets, Hlabisa, South Africa.
grass, plant dyes
13″ h
Zulu beer baskets, Hlabisa, South Africa.
grass, plant dyes
15″ h
Zulu beer baskets, Hlabisa, South Africa.
grass, plant dyes
13″ h
Zulu, snuff container, South Africa
tin, glass beads, thread
1 1/2″ h
Tsonga/Zulu snuff container, South Africa
wood, leather, copper wire
2 1/2″ h
Zulu snuff container, South Africa
tin, glass beads, wood, fiber
3 1/2″ h
Left: Shona snuff container, Zimbabwe
wood, animal hair
4 1/2″ h
Right: Shona snuff container, Zimbabwe
wood
4 1/2″ h
Verre snuff containers, E. Nigeria
bronze
Right to left: 3″ h, 4″ h, 3″ h
Left: Karamajong snuff container, Kenya
gourd, pyro-engraving, thread
4″ h
Right: Ovambo snuff container, Namibia
wood, pyro-blackening, leather
3″ h
Turkana/Massai snuff container, Kenya
wood, bone
3 1/2″ h
Left: Chokwe snuff container, Angola
wood
2 1/2″ h
Right: Ovambo snuff container, Namibia
wood, fiber
3 1/2″ h
Basotho or San (Bushman) snuff container, South
Africa/Lesotho
horn, wood
4 1/2″
Zulu beaker, South Africa
horn
4″ h
Basotho snuff container, South Africa/Lesotho
horn, wood
5″ h
Yoruba gourd, Nigeria
gourd, cowrie shells, thread
10 1/2″ d
Fulani calabash, Sahara region
engraved gourd
19″ d
Fulani calabash, Sahara region
engraved gourd, white ocher
17″ d
Fulani calabash, Sahara region
engraved gourd
18″ d
Gourd, cultural origin unknown (Grassfields region), Cameroon
gourd, grass basketry
25″ h
Zulu meat platters, South Africa
wood
Varying sizes, 16-23″ l
Tuareg snuff container, Sahara region
vellum, henna dye
Varying sizes, 4-6″ h
Kanuri milk pail, Niger
wood
17″ h
Igbo “chop pepper” (kola nut server), Nigeria
wood
16″ h
Gurunsi gourd, Burkina Faso
engraved gourd
13″ h
Couscous bowl, Sahara region
ceramic
16″ d
Gourd, cultural origin unknown (Grassfields region), Cameroon
gourd, grass basketry
28″ h
Tsonga beaded wedding baskets, South Africa
grass, glass beads, thread
10″ d
Ndebele beaded gourd, South Africa
gourd, glass beads, thread
7″ d
Tsonga beaded wedding baskets, South Africa
grass, glass beads, thread
10″ d
Xhosa gunpowder horn, South Africa
wood, metal
8 1/2″ h
Zulu snuff container, South Africa
gourd, wire
2 1/2″ h
Zulu snuff container, South Africa
gourd, wire
2 1/2″ h
Zulu snuff container, South Africa
gourd, wire
2 1/2″ h
Shona, Ndau, diviner’s neck charm with snuff container and
bird skull stopper, Zimbabwe
wood, bird skull, porcupine quills
6″ l (gourd & stopper)
Tsonga diviner’s figurated gourd, South Africa
gourd, wood
8″ h
Tsonga beaded wedding basket, South Africa
grass, glass beads, thread
11 1/2″ d
Xhosa ceremonial beaded horns, South Africa
horn, glass beads, sinew, fiber, leather, mother-of-pearl buttons
11″ l (horn)
Borana basket, Kenya
grass
23″ h
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