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Light brown bone, tapering at both ends. Marked darker in small patches.
Natural branch carved at one end to reveal the light wood. Other, broader end retains darker bark and is painted with hardened acacia gum.
Hardened triangular sample of black glue.
A half-moon-shaped leather piece with thin strips of hide on both ends. The outer edge has beadwork of inward pointing green, blue, and red triangles on a white background. The upper centre has two loops of multi-coloured beads as pendants.
Long, pointed metal blade sharpened on both sides and fitted into a short wooden handle. Both blade and handle taper from the point where they are joined.
Carved, cylindrical wooden handle with curved, triangular metal blade inserted into knotted end. Flat end of the blade is sharpened at the top. Opposite end is pointed and set into the wood at a right angle.
Entire tortoise shell (part a) is used. Bottom shell is glued to the top shell making a container with a narrow opening where the head would have been. A white ostrich egg bead belt, thirteen beads wide, covers the top. Six strands of beads protrude over the opening. Belt (part b) is sewn to a piece of hide and is attached to the underside of the shell by being drawn through two drilled holes.
Cylinder of bark (part a), hollowed out, wrapped with hide at the bottom and shaped hide cover (part b) for the top. Bark is dark rust colour, mottled with rough dark brown indentations.
Antelope (springbok) horn. Black and slender with several ridges circling its open end. The horn curves and tapers to a point at the opposite end.
Skin bag with thin strips of skin sewn to the bottom as tassels. Another strip is tied around the neck of the bag. The bottom two-thirds has an irregular design of four groups of beads arranged in rows of six to nine beads one row beside another.