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Diviner’s Bag
20th century
Yoruba
cloth with multi-colored beadwork
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Fertility Figure
20th century
Fali; Dowayo
bead, leather, plastic wire, string, and wood
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Ceremonial Axe
20th century
Yoruba
iron and wood
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Prestige Axe
20th century
Toma
metal blade with copper and tin wrapped wood handle
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Axe
20th century
Songye
metal blade with inlaid copper circles and wood handle
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Prestige Axe
20th century
Tanzanian
metal blade with wood handle
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Adze
20th century
Mossi
iron blade and handle with copper and brass decoration
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Prestige Axe
20th century
Sotho
metal blade with wood handle
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Prestige Axe
20th century
Lozi
metal blade with bands of woven metal on wood handle
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Prestige Axe
20th century
Tanzanian
metal blade with wood handle and leather thong
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Heddle Pulley
20th century
Baulé
wood
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Fly Wisk
20th century
Baulé
wood handle with leather thongs
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Pipe
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
brass bowl with wood stem
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Pipe
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
brass and wood
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Pipe
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
brass and wood
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