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wedge-shaped; flat bottom, curved top; front and back slightly convex; front and sides incised with vertical lines and diagonal hatching; small protrusion on front with string loop; medium-brown patina; waxy surface

Headrest, Date Unknown

Sidama

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Divination quadruped; pig on all fours; animal's face has a prominent squared off nose; eyes are placed near the top of the head; mouth is a straight line beneath the nose; ears are long and pointed and carved against animal's head; back is flat with a plug-like object sitting in the middle, secured by string that wraps around the animal's neck and tail; object is a tall cylinder that tapers into a wide half sphere that sits flat on the back; figure's boy and legs are carved with geometric patterns; legs are straight and rectangular; tail is thick and long; figure is a honey colored wood

Leele rubbing oracle, 20th century

Leele

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comb topped with face with slightly sunken eye sockets and wide mouth on one side; lightly incised, abstracted face with large round eyes on opposite sides

Comb, Date Unknown

Haida

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roughly spherical bell with 3 clappers topped by a carved quadruped standing with back legs and front legs carved as one, with human head; reddish mottled brown; glossy patina

Ritual Bell, 19th century

Kongo

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circular shallow drum with three supports

Drum, late 19th century

Inuit

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black metal wall phone; silver metal bell at top; black wooden earpiece connected with string; silver metal crank handle

"Public Telephone" still bank, early 20th century

United States

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silver colored metal pay phone with open work back; wood ear piece connected with string; coin slots for 5, 10 and 25 cents; crank on one side rings bell when turned; on front, raised letters: 'Pay Phone Bank'

"Pay Phone" mechanical bank, c. 1928

Russell A. Frisbie; Manufacturer: J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843–1950s

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standing figure of a woman holding a rectangular wooden bar or box between her hands under her navel; 2 sticks tied together with knotted string and encrusted with a brown paste inserted into the top of the head; 2 holes, in the back and front bar, carry magical ingredients; surface is reddish with ngula; neck shows traces of a former bead necklace; geometrical coiffure and inclused toes; glossy patina

Female Figure, 19th century

Chokwe

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Zither, late 19th-early 20th century

Zaramo

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