standing female figure wearing short pleated yellow skirt, belt with tan disks, silver blouse, red and black bolero jacket, silver shoes, and silver necklace with flower or star pendant; woman has long black hair and wide eyes; body intertwined with one snake, another snake around woman's neck; attached black metal mount — Mami Wata figure, 1950s
Igbo

G250

flat bell shaped piece of iron; slight convex curve with 6- 1/2" handle extending from flat end; mottled brown surface that is irregular; darkened sections along handle and outer edges — Currency, mid 20th century
Angas or Afo

G236

tiny comb with rounded top with finial-like protrusion; hole in top for wearing as a pendant; incised designs--same on each side--of zigzag bands, straight and curved bands and cross hatched zigzags — Beard comb, early 20th century
Somali

G254

cream colored ceramic vase with pale green shading at the top and bottom; faux crackling throughout; brown dimensional script throughout; oblong in shape with a thin neck and small opening — White Vase, 2016
Khaled Ben Slimane

G236

flat, bell-shaped piece of iron with 7" prong extending from flat end; irregular surface that primarily rust in color with darkening in center; slight convex curve in overall shape — Currency, mid 20th century
Angas or Afo

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roughly rectangular with curved top; multiple pieces of cow hide sewn together with a cowhide border sewn with white threads; suede side decorated with central round element; quadruped bird-like animal in LRC; four-legged, three-lobed insect-like animal in LLC; red snake, URC; six-legged football-shaped insect (scorpion?) with checkerboard design on its back in ULC; various lines of text written overall; some grids and geometric designs; text and drawings in red, green, purple and black; grid on back in black with purple text inside squares — Islamic mat, mid 20th century
Hausa

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Y-shaped twig with one gold metal band and one silver metal band attached around twig below branch — Staff, 1900-1950
Ethiopia

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Y-shaped twig with copper-colored wire wrapped around areas of branch; pointed squared-off conical metal cap at opposite end (iron or bronze?) — Staff, 1900-1950
Ethiopia

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Y-shaped twig with strung beads wrapped around branch; brown and tan beads and faceted red beads; beads encrusted with soil — Staff, 1900-1950
Ethiopia

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Drum, mid 20th century

Maroon

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Drum, mid 20th century

Maroon

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Drum, mid 20th century

Maroon

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