Object Listing

Roundish spoon bowl with long handle. The handle is divided in two with a cuff of wood with a pinched centre. The lower half of the handle is carved into a twisted barley sugar motif and ends with a rounded point.

Cylindrical vessel that is round at its base, narrows slightly at its waist and flares out slightly at its rim. It has three cylindrical legs that widen towards their base and two rectangular horizontal lugs with a hole drilled through one of them.

Knife consists of a metal blade and a carved ivory/bone upper handle. The sheath is made in two pieces - the front is ivory/bone and the back wood - bound together with telephone wire at top and bottom. The ivory finial is carved in the shape of a baboon standing on the back of an elephant. The front of the sheath has four zoomorphic creatures in arrow one behind the other from the smallest to the largest. The two larges figures appear to be warthogs.

Circular necklace with a variety of beads - most spotted, some pain and one with stripes and two with wavy lines. A variety of objects are attached to the necklace that include animal teeth and claws

Standing male figure with large head and very spindly arms, tiny hands and fingers. The hips are configured as a horizontally positioned U from inside which the torso rises. The thighs are a continuation from the hip line and then bend at 90° to form knees and lower legs which end in two toeless feet. The head has a thick neck a small rectangular flat beard, a pencil moustache and a bulging forehead. The front of the torso is covered with pokerwork X s.

Staff with its finial in the shape of a hand holding an egg. A short way below the shaft becomes a is series of columns that have a hollow space within.

Cylindrical figure wrapped in string with vertical ribs. It has a mop of dreadlocks and matted hair decorated with strings of beads, beads and amulets and some blond hair? Its lower section is wrapped with a cloth skirt.

Cylindrical figure wrapped in string with vertical ribs. It has a mop of dreadlocks decorated with strings of beads and a headpiece with beads, with a shell hanging from the front. It has two loops of beads that cross in front and wrap around the breasts. Its lower section is wrapped with a patterned cloth skirt.

Axe with slightly bowed handle ending in a rounded finial flattened at the sides. The finial is in the shape of a human head - it has large blank eyes, two holes for nostrils and a groove for a mouth. From below the mouth narrow rod emerges flaring out into an axe head. The narrow end of the rod projects slightly out of the back of the head. Geometric patterns can be seen engraved on the axe blade.

Axe with slightly bowed handle ending in a ovoid finial. . From the centre of the finial a flattened rectangle of metal emerges that flares out into an axe head rounded at its end. There are engraved designs on the flat rectangular piece.

Necklace made of imitation claws carved from bone arranged to alternate with beads threaded at two (one above the other) between the 'claws. All beads are red except for three black and white ones in the front.

Carved wooden mask in the shape of a womans face. She has a mop of hair that hangs down behind her head and a cloth around her neck. Her face is painted blue

Carved wooden mask in the shape of a goat-devil with red horns and an open mouth with his tongue visible. Its neck and back of head is covered with fabric

Carved wooden mask in the shape of a pigs head. It has an open mouth with its tongue protruding. It has some ragged fabric attached behind the head

Pleated leather skirt with a long rectangular beaded panel attached to waistband. It is beaded in a checkerboard design.

Beadwork attached to a narrow woven grass belt covered with beadwork in three horizontal sections.

Beadwork attached to a woven grass belt covered with beadwork in alternating colours in 13 vertical sections. There are panels of brass studs at either end, in the middle and at 1/4 of the length from both ends

Belt of beadwork with two strings running horizontally along the middle line. The strings have silver studs attached with many missing. The designs are 5 main clusters of diamond and triangular shapes

Beadwork attached to a narrow woven grass belt covered with beadwork in 6 horizontal sections with zigzag motifs between

Beadwork attached to a narrow woven grass belt covered with beadwork in 5 sections at both ends. These are punctuated with vertical rows of silver studs and a cluster of studs at each end

Pillar shaped hat of fabric with a flat surface of hair on its upper surface

Horizontal rectangle of cloth with a panel of lacy white beadwork along its lower edge. From its upper edge another panel of cloth has been suspended. The lower half of this is covered with symmetrically arranged beaded panels and patterns. It has two narrow parallel panels of white beadwork running down the centre of this section that has 7 brass studs attached between the two rows. A strip of isishunka patterned beadwork is attached to either side of this central section

Heavy gathered skirt in salempore fabric. It has two layers of fabric - a shorter one that rests on a lower longer section. The skirt has a panel of openwork beadwork covering the cloth. On top of this are 4 beadwork panels stitched onto a round beaded waist band These are in a variety of designs including nyaleti/star. in the three spaces between the panels are wool pompoms on beaded strings.

Rectangle of textile with a square grid of beadwork in geometric, floral and other designs. It has the word SHIKWAMURI beaded onto it

Rectangle of textile with a square grid of beadwork in geometric, floral and other designs. It has the word SHIKWAMUYI beaded onto it

Spherical gourd covered with beadwork that includes a frill around its shoulder and hip

Cylindrical shaped figure with a small pleated skirt around the base which is covered with beaded panels. The skirt is edged with beads and has circular beaded designs around its circumference. It has two bunches of beaded earring loops hanging from the top rim with metal discs suspended from each. The figure wears one beaded loop around its waist . It has two buttons for eyes, one for a nose and a button in the centre at its top surface. The cylindrical form is decorated with bands of colour. The top of the cylinder has concentric circle designs.

Hemispherical drum with a skin top stretched across its mouth and secured with wooden pegs. This has a circular motif in its centre. The wood is cracking ad there are holes in some places It has been repaired in one place with a piece of hide.