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circa 1890-1920
Southern Chad; Northeastern Nigeria; Northern Cameroon
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
fiber and beads
n.d.
Cameroon
cloth, beads and cowrie shells
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
glass beads and string
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
circa 1890-1920
Northeastern Nigeria; Northern Cameroon; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Kirdi
string, beads, and cowrie shells
1900-1985
Kuba
wood, paint, wool cloth, fiber cloth, cowrie shell, glass beads and leopa
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
20th century
Yoruba
carved wood, metal and beads
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
carved wood, plastic beads, blue pigment, and metal
circa 1950
Ndebele; Zambian
fiber, glass beads and thread
circa 1910
Temne
wood and glass beads
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
carved wood, beads, and string
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment