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wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; designs in black, yellow, green and orange; one side decorated with bird with circular body, five pointed star and triangle with L-shaped element (abstracted bird motif), with text overall at diagonals in background; same types on motifs on opposite side birds with round bodies and turtle with round body and diamond with text in background with similar design to first side

Writing board, late 20th century

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wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; one side decorated with design in red, green and black horizontal linear elements with text, diamonds, triangles and half-circles with hatched lines; opposite side decorated with circle with text and lines--abstracted animal?

Writing board, late 20th century

Hausa

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roughly rectangular shape, with inward-arcing bottom edge; arc-shaped "handle" at top, covered in tooled and twisted leather (?); one side decorated with text and highly stylized quadruped with long, thin legs, long black tail, very long neck and small head (both red) and wedge-shaped body with a hump; body decorated with various patterns--checkerboard, hatching, arcs and diamonds; black, red and brown colors on side with quadruped; opposite side has text in black and red, two grids with letters and geometric symbol in black with red text

Writing board, second half of 20th century

Hausa

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roughly rectangular shape, with inward-arcing bottom edge; arc-shaped "handle" at top, covered in twisted leather (?); one side decorated with text and diamond designs in black and red; other side decorated with diamonds and stylized birds and patterns in black and red with black text

Writing board, second half of 20th century

Hausa

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