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1900-1974
Chamba
wood, pitch and pigment
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
beads, string, and buttons
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
textile, brass, and fiber
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Southern Chad; Northeastern Nigeria
string, leather, and metal
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
fiber and beads
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n.d.
Cameroon
cloth, beads and cowrie shells
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
glass beads and string
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
string, beads, and cowrie shells
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circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
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circa 1890-1920
Southern Chad; Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria
string, beads, and cowrie shells
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circa 1890-1920
Northeastern Nigeria; Northern Cameroon; Southern Chad
string, multi-colored beads, and cowrie shells
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20th century
Nigerian
ivory tusk
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circa 1860
Mangbetu
ivory
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circa 1900
Kuba
wood, copper wire, bone, brass tacks, and twool (tukula) powder
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Ethiopian
wood
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