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Silver necklace with thin rings consisting of twisted metal, linked together and twisted again.
Silver necklace; numerous inter-locked circles form a spiralling circle chain. Each circle is 2 twisted wires, flattened and soldered after inter-linking.
A metal ring with a round green turquoise stone set in a low-grade silver setting. The design of the setting includes small bosses around the bottom edge surrounding the turquoise setting and a cluster of slightly larger bosses at each side of the ring along the rope-like bands. The band is adjustable.
A pair of earrings (parts a-b), each with a red coral bead set into an elaborate low-grade silver setting. The settings consist of large heavy loops incised with designs. There are two empty mountings on each setting where other stones may have been set. The coral beads are fixed to the setting with wires which are attached through holes drilled through the beads.
A large ring consisting of a square blue-green turquoise in a roughly worked setting of low grade silver. The design of the setting includes small bosses around the bottom edge surrounding the turquoise setting and a cluster of slightly larger bosses at each side of the ring along the rope-like bands. The band is adjustable.
Standing wood male figure (ibeji) on round base. Figure has a long trunk and arms on short stocky legs. Arms are at the sides. Has protruding stomach, nipples, buttocks, and genitalia. Large head with facial features in relief of large protruding eyes having incised eyelids. Arranged on each cheek, there are seven incised notches with three at the forehead. Large pierced ears placed far back on head. Earring of strung white shell(?) beads and one jasper disc. Tall pointed four-sided headdress with knob at top is patterned with incised lines, of which the recesses are filled with indigo. Arm on the right has plain silver bracelet. Two strings of dark horn beads at waist. Necklace of blue glass(?). Incising at back of head, spine, and stomach. Carved wood piece with dark brown patina and red camwood paste in areas.
Part of a woman’s ornamental headdress (see also Ee70 a-b). The headdress (called the perak) is a long (69 cm), straight, narrow (9 cm tapering to 5.5 cm) strip, shaped like a cobra snake with a broad head and long, narrow tail, made of several layers of stiffened cotton textile or felt that is covered with red cotton textile. The head of the cobra is embellished with irregularly shaped stones that have been stitched to the surface (thirty-three pieces of turquoise and green malachite, along with four pieces of agate, two of which are surrounded by rings of turquoise inlay), and two silver kagu or amulets. The body and tail of the cobra are embellished with three long, vertical rows of white cowrie shells, and there is a small brass bell at the tip of the tail. Permanently hand stitched to the left side of the tail of the perak is a rectangular piece (9.8 cm x 33 cm) of similar design, called the chuti. It is embellished with nine vertical rows of coral beads, accented with lapis and jet beads; at the top of the chuti, there is a rectangular amulet with turquoise inlay and gold leaf. An oval shaped piece of agate in a silver setting is at the base of the chuti. On the underside of the headdress, at about the middle of the tail of the perak, a strip of metallic silver mesh, reinforced by stiff cotton textile, is affixed; there is a small silver hook at one end of the mesh strip and a small brass hook at the other end. (Image shows Ee70 a-b -Ee71.)
Cut-out repousse metal plaque with a hole at each top corner. Overall appearance of top half of a face with eyes represented by concentric circles, forehead, and a headdress with snakes descending on both sides. Near the centre of the headdress is a circle of cut-out triangles and other shapes (six total), and there are diagonal lines cut out from the edge. Gilded surface.
Cut-out, repousse, gilded square metal plaque with eight equidistant holes at edges. Same motif repeated on both halves: two heads, one up and one down, with plumes and one paw surrounded by bands with zig-zagged edges and rows of repousse dots at centre of bands.
Small silver spoon with a shallow bowl incised with a crest design.