Fly whisk with carved wood handle, copper decoration, and tail of hair. Handle carved to represent a kneeling female figure with marks on her abdomen and shoulders. The figure has a very elongated face with cowrie-shell shaped eyes. Below the figure is a rope-like copper covering over the section...
Male circumcision mask made of wood. Mask is oval-shaped, with the face concave. There are almond-shaped cutouts for eyes and mouth. A long, narrow nose extends down the length of the face, with a notched ridge down the bridge. The ears are slightly raised arrows. There are two drilled holes on e...
Rectangular cloth with beige plain weave fabric and cut-pile(?) embroidered geometric designs. The pattern is hexagonal or honeycomb-like, with each hexagon form filled with concentric shapes, and a centre that is either deep red or golden orange colour. The hexagons are outlined and divided by a...
Mask carved from a single piece of wood. Bulging forehead, prominent nose, and sunken cheeks. Cowrie shells and seedpods outline the face, and are arranged in decorative patterns. The face is covered by pounded copper sheeting with repoussé designs. Continuous lines of black beads extend horizont...
Female face mask. The face is carved of wood, and painted with sections of triangle designs or slanted lines. Black and white beading extends from the brow line down the ridge of the nose to the chin, with a single cowrie shell between the eyebrows. The lips are outlined in a string of beads in s...
Bwami mask made of wood. The mask has a long and narrow face that comes to a point at the chin. Although faded, the left side of the face appears to have once been coloured red, and the right side white. The forehead protrudes at the centre, and then continues down into a long, narrow nose. Small...
Heavily pleated skirt. The waist is a heavy beige material. The skirt is beige at top, using two different weights of fabric, and then dyed indigo with beige patterns within below. There are two thin ribbons of solid red and small ribbons of white with mutlicoloured diamonds within. The next sect...
Rectangular deep red textile with long fringe on the short edges. Fringe is repeating small sections of black, white, orange, and eggplant purple. The textile is embroidered with vine-like and sun-like designs using the same repeated spade design. The centre has a large sun design with four small...
Small burgundy rectangular textile with embroidered flowers in white, orange, yellow and blue, and green vines and leaves. Designs divided by outer green rectangle, inner orange rectangle, and white circle at centre. Edged with blue-green fabric and fringe, which alternates between sections of da...
Rectangular cover in a light brownish-pink silk, embroidered with heart, vine-like and triangular designs. Three concentric rectangles with circle at centre in brass metal thread. Small mirror decorations. Edged with fringe in alternating sections of green, orange, red, dark blue or purple with b...