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Long rectangular carved board. Carving depicts three figures that are divided vertically by diamond-shaped geometric borders. The top figure is shown in profile and is wearing a grass skirt around the waist, the middle figure is shown standing face forward, has short hair, and is wearing a black dress, and the bottom figure is shown in profile, is wearing a headband and a black dress. A sticker on the back of the piece reads: " African Art... Durban South Africa." There are two evenly spaced holes at either end of the board.
Twelve carved wooden figures sitting on an oval platform at a tribal council meeting. A woman holding a piece of paper, with a baby slung on her back is leaning towards the chief figure, who is wearing a headdress. The other figures are either each holding what appears to be a rattle, or clapping their hands. The figures are stained and painted. Inscription on bottom of platform.
Carved wooden figure in seated in front of a pot and holding a paddle-like tool in its right hand. The tool is unpainted. The figure has short black hair, painted white dots around its neck, and is wearing a blue and white striped outfit.
A tall wood figure of a female. She is standing with her short legs bent slightly at the knees. From her square shoulders, her arms extend downward, bending at the elbows to curve forward so that the hands are resting on the upper front of each leg. She has a long neck, and breasts. Her eyes have a horizontal grooved slit and her eyebrows are upraised. From her compressed mouth, there are three incised radiating lines at either side. Incised line patterns indicate the coiffure.
A small carving of a bird with its elongated neck curved so that its beak touches the middle of its back. The eyes, and the beak are accentuated carved to accentuate these features. The back has grooved lines indicating feathers and is also carved with a diamond-shaped pattern on the upper part of its back. The horizontally flat upward angled tail has three grooved lines on top and one grooved line on each side. Carved standing on a circular pedestal with an incised triangular pattern all around the sides. Incised line patterns.
A wood figure ithe closed oval eyes, heavily lidded underneath. The eyebrows are grooved. There is a nose and a wide open mouth with teeth. A pair of diagonal tribal scars are on cheek with another horizontal pair leading to the laid back ears. Carved rounded hair line above the head. Large bulging stomach, under which the hands rest. Short, stubby legs bent slightly at the knees. Colour: black.
Much stylized human figure, black, with faces on both sides of the head. The front face has large open eyes, curved upraised eye brows, a big nose with wide nostrils, and an open mouth with an indentation within each cheek. The back face has small closed eyes, a slight upraised brow, a small nose, and a slightly open mouth with slightly fuller cheeks. The elongated neck has five protruding bulging rings. The wide shoulders round out to the arms resting at the sides. Figure has breasts, and a navel on the one side with the open eyes while the figure has a flat chest (or back ?) on the other side with closed eyes. The front side has feet with toes while the back side has rounded feet. Both faces are sharing a rounded dotted cap. On a base.
Long wood piece with parallel sides and both ends tapered to a point. There are six pairs of circular pots in the middle, totalling twelve, with a triangular dish at each tapered end. There are two rectangular legs, one at each end, and both of which are carved with a closed wall at the end and opening up toward the middle with three pairs of columns where there is a cylindrical leg in the middle which flares downward. The columns are carved with various geometric designs. The cylindrical leg tapers upward into a smaller square hole at the centre top of the wood piece which is surrounded by a carved grooved diamond shape around which the top has a design of many longitudinal grooved lines. Stained black.
Carved wooden female figure with a container hanging from a strap that sits over her forehead. The figure is wearing a necklace represented by white painted dots and a sarong with red and white painted vertical stripes. She is standing on an octagonal platform, and her hair is painted black.
Bent figure standing on a platform and using a tool consisting of a v-shaped stick and a, flat roughly circular grey object. The figure has painted black hair and eyebrows, black and white eyes, a necklace consisting of a series of white dots, and a white dress with a black belt.