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Native American Water Basket
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A basket woven in an ovoid shape with rounded bottom, flaring sharply from neck to a wide opening at the top. There are two wide leather strap handles attached at the widest part of the body, positioned at 4:30 and 7:30. The entire body of the basket had a thick coating applied to make it waterproof. Height of basket is 13-1/2".
Nigerian Eshu Cult Figure
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)there is also another necklace from which several strings of cowrie shells hang down past the base of the carving. The figure holds a drum in his left hand underneath the shells.
Native American Cradle Board
Multi-Page Item | 5 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Baby cradle board made of pine wood. Curved wood at the top is attached in three places with leather strips. One end is square, the other is scalloped with 6 scallops. Carvings on both sides of scalloped edge of beavers and letters/words?. The underside has a carving of a man with a bow and wavy vertical lines. There are holes in each of the scallops. The handle has diagonal...
Nigerian Offertory Bowl with Lid
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A decorative bowl carved from a single piece of wood in the form of a kneeling woman holding a lidded bowl in the shape of a rooster. The woman has large breasts and is unclothed. Four rings suggesting neck rings are carved around her neck and three rings are carved at her hips. The arms and shoulders are carved to suggest a triangular tattoo decoration. The eyes are large, ...
Nigerian Drum
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Carved wooden male figure kneels on short disk and supports a cylindrical hollow drum on his head and hands. Large eyes, a wide nose and closed mouth are carved on the face. The figure wears a simple loincloth. The drum is carved with parallel lines around the bottom and near the top, with diagonal lines connecting them. A hide cover is attached over the open top.
Nigerian Diviner's Staff
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The long staff is roughly wrought (hand-made) out of iron. There are two clusters of long, narrow cones attached along the shaft and another inverted cluster at the top, supporting a disk and a simple, abstracted bird form.
Nigerian House of the Head Personal Shrine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)four small framed mirrors are attached to the top section.
Nigerian Cap Mask
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)and a carved line representing a beard extending from the hairline to the chin. A hat that extends upwards and back from the forehead is painted yellow with a narrow red band at the bottom.
Ghana Fertility Figure (Akua'ba)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)the cheeks are carved with shallow marks representing scarification. An elongated neck is carved to represent wide metal neck rings. The figure's breasts and belly button are indicated. Strings of tiny beads hang from a hole in the end of each arm and are wrapped around the body.
Sierra Leone Sowei Helmet Mask
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Dark wooden carved helmet mask with long braids of human hair attached with string to holes along the lower edge. A small, diamond-shaped face with almond-shaped eyes is carved in relatively low relief over a stock neck. There are three scarification marks at each temple. Hair is indicated with incised cross-hatched lines and a head-piece indicated by five bulging projection...
Ghana Asipim (Chief's Chair)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Low chair made of wood with short, straight legs, four stretchers, a straight but slightly angled short back. The top rail of the back rises to a high curve
Nigerian Ibeji Twin Figure
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A carved wooden male standing figure with short round base. The head is pointed with coiffure, scarification and facial features carved in low relief. The body is crudely articulated, probably because it was originally covered with shells or beads. One string of beads encircles the neck, one encircles the waist, and one hangs from each arm. There is evidence of encrustation,...
Ghana Wooden Comb
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This narrow comb with nine round, tapered tines is carved in one piece from light-colored wood. The large, decorative carved handle is flat on the back but the front is carved in the form of a female figure. The oval face has round eyes and a triangular nose. The elongated neck is carved with concentric rings. Shoulders are indicated but there are no arms. The breasts are la...

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Native American Water Basket

Nigerian Eshu Cult Figure

Native American Cradle Board

Nigerian Offertory Bowl with Lid

Nigerian Drum

Nigerian Diviner's Staff

Nigerian House of the Head Personal Shrine

Nigerian Cap Mask

Ghana Fertility Figure (Akua'ba)

Sierra Leone Sowei Helmet Mask

Ghana Asipim (Chief's Chair)

Nigerian Ibeji Twin Figure

Ghana Wooden Comb

Native American Water Basket

Nigerian Eshu Cult Figure

Native American Cradle Board

Nigerian Offertory Bowl with Lid

Nigerian Drum

Nigerian Diviner's Staff

Nigerian House of the Head Personal Shrine

Nigerian Cap Mask

Ghana Fertility Figure (Akua'ba)

Sierra Leone Sowei Helmet Mask

Ghana Asipim (Chief's Chair)

Nigerian Ibeji Twin Figure

Ghana Wooden Comb