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Paper mache mask of a red elephant-like face with trunk, multicoloured green headdress, and two small tusks. Short red string looped at back.
Trumpet like horn. One end is a large darkened bone (human?), dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.
Double-sided drum made from the tops of two skulls (human or simian), joined back to back with rawhide skin pulled over the open ends. A decorative metal band with raised patterning and red and green-coloured round stone-like objects mounted on it covers the joint in the centre. Attached to the metal band is a length of twined string with an egg-shaped, pitch-covered weight at the other end.
Part a: cylinder, part b: lid, part c: handle (wood), part d: base cap for handle (metal), part e: top cap for handle (metal), part f: post with pointed end. The first piece is a plain wood cylinder with a metal bottom and has a brown rope with a ball at the other end attached through a metal loop (part a). The second piece is the flat circular lid (part b). The third piece is the wood handle (part c). The fourth piece is the metal base cap (part d) for the handle. The fifth piece is the wood top cap (part e) for the handle. Inside the cylinder (part a) there is a small rolled scroll.
The first piece is a small rolled scroll (part a). The second piece is a metal cylinder (part b) with a floral design in relief and a chain attached through a loop with a square weight at the end. The third piece is the cylinder lid (part c) which is a two-tiered circular metal piece. The fourth piece is a pointed cap (part d) which goes through the centre of the cylinder lid (part c). The last piece is the wood handle (part e) with a metal prong.
Large orange and beige coloured oval-shaped human portrait mask with raised eyebrow ridges, cut out circular eyes, pointed nose, and protruding chin.
The first piece is the cylindrical wood container (part a) which tapers upward into a circular rim with a gold-coloured band around the side. Three gold-coloured rings decorated the container around the top, the middle, and the bottom (part b). The longest gold-coloured band on the front left is part c, and the gold-coloured band is part d with one long end on the front right. The gold-coloured band with one long end on the back is part e.
A thick metal blade (part a) with one edge sharpened and a handle made of coiled metal with a pommel that has a floral design on one side and an spiral design on the other side. The sheath (part b) is of wood encased by metal with two sets of three horizontal lines, a floral design flanked by a diagonal petal-like design on either side, decorating one side of the sheath which also has a loop on that side.
A cylindrical metal container which tapers into a smaller neck and then expands into a medium-sized lip.
Part a is the metal knife with wooden handle. The blade has a slight curve and is engraved on both sides with a design of lines and dots that end halfway down the blade. The handle curves outwards and has five carves lines that circle around the midway point of the handle Part b is the leather sheath or knife covering that has a yellow stitched seam down the centre. It is slightly curved and tapers to a point. A smaller sheath is attached to the outside and inserted are two smaller daggers with brown handles (parts c and d). The edge of the smaller case is embroidered with red fibre.