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Belt pendant in the shape of a hand
circa 1925
African
leather, cowrie shells, raffia, and red wood color
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Beaded Panel
20th century
Yoruba
cloth, leather, and multi-colored beadwork
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Southern Chad; Northeastern Nigeria; Northern Cameroon
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
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Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
fiber and beads
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Apron
n.d.
Cameroon
cloth, beads and cowrie shells
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Belt
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
glass beads and string
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
string, beads, and cowrie shells
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Southern Chad; Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria
string, beads, and cowrie shells
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northeastern Nigeria; Northern Cameroon; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
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Beaded Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Kirdi
string, beads, and cowrie shells
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Mask (mwaash aMbooy)
1900-1985
Kuba
wood, paint, wool cloth, fiber cloth, cowrie shell, glass beads and leopa
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Male Twin Figure
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
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Twin Figure
20th century
Yoruba
carved wood, metal and beads
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Female Twin Figure
20th century
Yoruba
carved wood, multicolored beads, cowrie shells, string and metal
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