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A wood bird with its wings tucked close to its body. Body is mainly dark blue. The dark green wings are decorated with a red starburst shape surrounded by smaller dark blue dots, outlined in red, with a white diagonal off centre, and a red wing tip. The back is decorated with two red dots. The eyes are white with dark blue pupils and outlined with red. Beak slighty open, and outlined with red. Tail is red, decorated with dark blue, and outlined with white and green. Blue legs standing on a circular base.
Black coloured circular mask with carved wood horns that curl inwards. Rim of mask is decorated with red and white carved triangular designs. Oval-shaped eyes are cut-out. Mouth is small and rectangular with white teeth. There are two X's on the cheeks in red. Horns are painted black and have white tips.
Large black and red coloured mask with two tiers. First tier is the base of the mask, is textured, has two large holes on either side of the base and six smaller holes around the perimeter at the top of the mask. Second tier is disk-like, eyes of the mask are oval-shaped, are red, and have protruding black eyeballs in the centre. The mouth is red, long and rectangular, and is decorated with small incised triangular shapes to indicate teeth. Tubular-shaped horns are at the top of the mask, curve inwards so they are almost touching. They have white painted tips.
Female figure adorned with a strand of white beads around her neck, a strand of orange beads around her waist, and a braided strand of fibre around her rib area. Face is protruding and oval-shaped, and is decorated with raised dotted patterns under eyes, on cheeks, and near mouth. Figure has a large head with a bun and a long braid that extends midway down the back. Breasts are defined, arms are at sides, and hands are resting on hips. The figure has a defined belly button, female genitalia, linear marks on stomach and dotted marks on back and neck. Legs of figure are bent at knees, feet are forward and attached to base.
Wood piece with a handle and a y-shaped with two holes at either sides on the other end. Horizontal square pattern on one side. Horizontal triangular pattern on other side. Hole in middle of handle.
Dark-brown carved mask of a small human face with linear carved hair peaking at crown. Mouth and eyes are slits. There are two aligned rows of three raised vertical reliefs on the centre of the forhead and one row of three more of the same on each cheek just inwards from the ears. Side edges are perfortated with ten holes.
Wooden heddle pulley with bush cow (?) head. Shoulders are rounded and arms slightly flared. Body and neck are decorated with a geometric motif, head and bottom of arms are perforated. The surface is covered with a worn patina, and whittling marks are found on the arms. Bobbin is missing.
Hardwood piece that has a worn black-painted surface with two-thirds of which is a woman's long neck and head. The other third is a rounded U-shaped structure. Tripartite coiffure, chin length, blunt cut with incised lines for hair texture. Facial features are carved in relief. Face has semi-circle shaped eyes and a wide nose. The forehead has seven small raised squares that are placed horizontally in groupings of two and three. Flange of neck has extensions and each have a hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing. Horizontal perforation through hair section at back.
Light brown wood piece, two-thirds of which is u-shaped. The other third is woman's neck and head. Hair, textured by incised lines, is pulled far back on forehead and forms three crests running front to back. Carved facial features are in relief: protruding lozenge-shaped eyeballs and eyelids, long crescent eyebrows, long narrow nose, and jutting chin with open lozenge-shaped mouth. Row of incised diamonds at top of u structure. Vertical perforation at back of head has twisted and knotted light brown cotton cord passing through. Extensions of u structure each have hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing.
Dark brown wood piece, half of which is u-shaped. The other half is woman's neck and head with hair pulled up into elaborate crest coiffure down centre of head from front to back. The crest has one pierced hole. Facial features are carved in relief. The hair texture is incised lines. Geometric patterns cover neck and u structure. A split through centre of piece is held together by horizontal iron rod nailed through middle of wood. A bone roller, worn down in centre, is attached at a perpendicular angle between the two stems of u structure on an iron rod; stems pierced by it.