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Large round ceramic pot with an uneven reddish-brown colour on the outside, a reddish-brown colour with black areas on the inside, and a rounded base. Width of mouth smaller than body. Two semi-circular handles that angle outwards sit opposite each other at the mouth. The entire pot impressed with diagonal rope lines except for rim of mouth and handles.
Small round fat container. Convex cowhide cap with hair on it. Cap is moulded onto top to form lid. Lower hide cover is tied to leather straps in five places. These are tied to a leather strip which goes around the upper centre. Has leather strap. Two lines of burned holes as design around the top half under lid. Also under the centre strip which holds up the lower cowhide cap. Has large black knot over double strap area.
Headrest carved from single piece of wood. Round, hollowed, convex base. Flat stand with large vertical pit down one side. Top curves upwards at ends. Nailed in three areas from top. Has small silver metal sheet wrapped around one side. Nailed with three nails on each side. Two holes on top and two on base where braided leather goes through.
Twig-like headrest; flattened top. Two legs in flared position. Small flat head rest, centre has leather strap going through two holes, then attached to other pieces in centre coloured silver and gold metal. One side incised with linear side. Top bow-like, lower design leaf then half oblong circle. Opposite side has two lines with round centre lined then a circle.
Long, narrow, gourd container incised with geometric designs and two human figures. Bottom has two plant motifs. Has a leather carrying strap connected to leather and is beaded with cowrie shells on the sewn side where it is tied to the gourd. Leather strap is connected to the lid and to the leather which goes half way up the container on both sides. Each side has four small holes where the leather ties go through to hold the strap.
Large tightly coiled container (part a 28 x 20.7) that has a bulbous shape narrowing at the top and the bottom. Base is rounded, and mouth rim is tightly wrapped. Container is coiled in sixteen sections vertically placed. Cowrie shells are knotted on around the centre and vertically placed. Lid (part b) has two rows of cowrie shells, vertically placed. Top of the lid caves in. Lid fits on well.
Large brown, semi-brown yellow in areas, gourd container. Slants to one side, has no lid, and is unfinished at the mouth rim. Incised all over with human figures shown in cultivation and farming with two cows, as well as geometric designs of plants and abstract motifs. All crosshatched or lined.
Large, wooden, round container with lower part of the body bulbous-shaped and narrowing to form a neck. Bottom covered with cowhide and with thin strips of the same hide going to the centre ring of cowhide around the neck of the container where there is a braided leather handle and cowhide lid moulded onto the container.
Heavy container (part a) of orange-yellow wood carved in slender rounded, bulbous shape with two small protruding handles to which braided leather handle straps are tied. Lid (part b) is made of cowhide moulded to the shape of the container and tight fitting.
Small dark brown, hardwood bottle (part a) and additional linked chain (part b). Part a has a bulbous shape with a narrow neck. Large vertical chips are on the flared mouth. One chain is connected to the lower half of the bottle with a nail. Rounded bottom. Longer brass chain (part b) associated with the object has been repaired.