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Mask
1900-1974
Chamba
wood, pitch and pigment
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Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
beads, string, and buttons
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Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
textile, brass, and fiber
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Apron
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Southern Chad; Northeastern Nigeria
string, leather, and metal
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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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Ritual Pipe
20th century
Nigerian
ivory tusk
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Oliphant
circa 1860
Mangbetu
ivory
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Pipe
circa 1900
Kuba
wood, copper wire, bone, brass tacks, and twool (tukula) powder
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Headrest
Ethiopian
wood
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