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Cylindrical finial with flattened sides. The central section circumference is covered with two raised panels of carved amasumpa designs. In the space between these nipple projects to the front of the finial and a truncated cone projects from the back. There were originally two but one has broken off.

Finial of shaft is a headrest-shape on its side with a curved upper platform, a centre circle and two filled V-shapes pointing towards the centre on either side. The shaft has a pointed end. Areas have been blackened

Standing figure - very upright with arms held closely to the sides. Wearing jacket with four buttons and a hat/cap with a cross design on it. Feet have footwear with heels. Large round eyes, large triangular nose and small linear mouth.

Finial of shaft is a geometricised head with a tall head gear projecting from the top. Head gear has a pointed lower front platform, its upper section is flat curving slightly backwards and outwards. It is decorated with a grooved linear intersecting V- shaped design.

Staff with face surrounded by finial that bulges in the centre and narrows to each side. It has a standing man in a suit and hat with legs that descend in a twisted spiral down the shaft

Shaft finial is a standing man wearing a round flat hat. Small arms are held slightly curved and flat onto torso. Eyes are small metal pieces (nails?)

Standing angular male figure with indented face, round white inlaid eyes, mouth with teeth showing. Face is pale against the darkened body. His arms are at his sides with hands open and facing front. The arms are linked to the body with two struts on either side. He has prominent genitalia and oval feet with small toes.

Squatting female figure in the process of giving birth - a babys head is emerging from between her legs. She has an indented face, round white inlaid eyes, mouth with teeth showing. Face is pale against the darkened body. Her hands are on her knees and her thighs as linked to her body with short struts. The left hand is broken off, the fingers of the right hand are damaged and some of her toes are missing.

Cylindrical post that narrows 2/3rds of the way up and then flares out to a flat platform from which an anthropometric head and neck emerge. The person has a hairstyle parted in two arches with two tails down the back of the neck. The wood is worn and bleached in parts.

Pounder in the form of a woman. The lower section is a cylindrical shape narrowing to the neck but widening at the bust area. There are no arms and the head atop a longish neck is tilted slightly forward. She has acap of hair.

Small gourd with 4 rows of vertical diamond- shaped designs and a ring around the mouth created with copper wire stitched into the walls.

Snuffbox made of truncated cone of the curved end of an animal horn. Its broad lower half is sheathed in hide with a plaited thong attached.

Small truncated cone snuffbox sheathed in hided at its top and bottom . A string is threaded through these knotted at the bottom, which extends into a strand that is attached to a small leather bag.

Snuffbox made of the truncated cone of the curved end of an animal horn. Its neck is embellished with a band of brass wire work. Its body is embellished with a further three bands of metal work - the two top ones of brass/copper and the lower one a silver coloured wire.

Snuffbox made of the truncated cone of the curved end of an animal horn. It has a projecting ridge near the top of the shape and carved horizontal grooves in sets along its sides

Cylindrical snuff box in layers of varying width. It is embellished around its widest section with vertical pleats around the edge . The box then narrows and widens into a flat round top with an abstracted flower in raised relief in its centre. The sides of this disk is decorated with pecked triangular grooves

Truncated cone sheathed in leather that narrows in stages

Small carved snuff box in then form of a short cylinder with rounded bottom and shoulder. A slightly flared neck emerges from the shoulder. It has a hole carved through a rough bridge of a handle. The body of the box is covered with vertical grooves along its entire length with a horizontal groove around its middle. A few of the vertical grooves have been carved across to form pleats.

Carved figure of a standing man in a slightly forward bending position. He has his elbows and hands slightly back and appears to be holding onto his belt. He has a black cap of hair, a small moustache and beads. Around his neck he wears a panel that hangs down his front but most of this is missing. He wears a loin cloth which passes between the legs and is tied around the waist. His feet are large and he is wearing sandals with two straps each.

Standing female figure leaning slightly forward wearing a front skirt, a swallow-tail back skirt decorated with a triangular band at the top and a small pleated top. Hair is in a mop-like style and her eyes are closed. She has bangles around her ankles

Staff with finial in the form of three sets of barbs and an abstracted arrow head at the top.

Cylindrical snuff box that rises from a straight vertical base which then bulges outwards to then narrow into a longish tubular neck. The straight vertical section of the base and the long neck are bound around with copper wire which is coming detached at the top end. The bulging section is carved with interlocking designs of parallel lines at 45 degree angles with 4 vertical divisions made by two parallel lines dividing the shape up into quarters. .

Small cylindrical snuff box that bulges slightly to the side. Its cap is conically shaped. The body is engraved with lined patterns and on opposite sides are abstracted heads caved in raised relief. A semi-circular handle with a hole through it holds a piece of string which is attached to the cap through two holes drilled through.

Rectangular bottle-shaped snuff box with checkerboard design engraved around the slanted neck area.

Round bottle-shaped snuff box with fluted neck and symmetrical horizontal grooves around the body in two bands - the bottom band smaller than the top that extends across approximately half of the body. The stopper has a long shaft and ends in a flat diamond- shaped finial with 4 circular engraved designs with holes in their centres on each face and two each on the 4 narrow edges.

Small carved snuff box in the form of a short cylinder with rounded bottom and shoulder. A slightly flared neck emerges from the shoulder. It has a flattish round knob as a stopper. It has a hole carved through a rough bridge of a handle. The body of the box is covered with vertical grooves along its entire length with a horizontal groove around its middle. A few of the vertical grooves have been carved across to form pleats.

Cylindrical snuff box that narrows slightly as it rises from the base. This morphs into a wider cylindrical section with a raised ridge around its centre. The form narrows into a short cylindrical neck with a larger round flat mouth into which a round stopper is placed. This stopper has a bun-shaped top with 5 symmetrical petal-shaped hollows and one round indentation at the centre. A plaited string handle is tied around the neck and then attached to the lower part of the body.

Cylindrical snuff box that narrows slightly in the centre. It had linear grooves in bands at top and bottom and diamond shapes carved up its sides between the linear patterns. It has a rough rectangular projection from one side through which a leather strap is threaded. This strap is attached to a roundish knob in the centre of the top of the box.

Cylindrical snuff box that flares out slightly from its base. The lid is a truncated cone. The body is sheathed in leather. A string is threaded through the body of the box and out through the top of the lid.