The UMMA Collection

1945-1955

iron, wood, copper, and twine

circa 1910

bird claws, feathers and wings, metal, gourd, snakeskin, split cane, dried seeds, and wood

circa 1940

wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal teeth, antelope horns, glass beads, metal

circa 1850

wood, vegetable fiber, animal skin, glass, beads, seed pod, metal, calabash, kaolin (white clay), and resin

20th century

copper blade with wood handle

20th century

metal blade with carved wood handle

20th century

metal blade with snake or lizard skin wrapped wood handle

late 19th–early 20th century

wood

1900-1983

wood

20th century

wood

circa 1925-1940

earthenware

20th century

wood with white and black pigments and raffia

20th century

iron or steel blade with wire wrapped wood handle

20th century

metal blade with inlaid copper circles and wood handle

20th century

metal blade with incised pattern, wood handle and metal wrapped wood sheath