Object Listing

Ceramic vessel swells out from a flat rounded base, curving to an open mouth. From just below the mouth to approximately halfway down the surface the vessel is embellished with 4 parallel raised and notched lines that undulate in 4 waves around the vessel. Surface is blackened and shiny.

Ceramic vessel swells out from at rounded base, curving to an open mouth with a slight lip. A blackened five pointed star design that has the open mouth as its centre. The areas between the star arms are reddened. Below this are three bands - black, red, black. The rest of the body is reddish.

Blackened spherical vessel with two rows of diamond shapes in raised ridges around its upper circumference. In the middle od each diamond is a raised bump. There is a chip in the rim.

Blackened spherical vessel with two circular rings of raised bumps alternated with two V shaped bumps with a smaller inverted V and a line in the centre placed around the widest section of the vessels circumference.

Dark shiny vessel with a narrowish base swelling out and then narrowing towards its mouth. Around the shoulder are two raised parallel lines between which are four sets of four raised bumps arranged in square formats

Ceramic vessel swells out from a round base to curve inwards and up into a flared raised neck. It has a row of 8 raised rectangles of amasumpa designs around its shoulder. Surface is blackened and shiny.

Blackened spherical vessel with a band of amasumpa around its shoulder with five V shaped bands of amasumpa below.

Spherical woven basket with checkerboard design around its upper surface. Basket is old and discoloured.

Staff with round finial and twisted design up shaft as two coiling snakes.

Bag shaped woven basket with narrow neck

Staff with round finial and twisted design up shaft in two sections as coiling snakes.

Very tall slender staff with round finial

Very tall slender staff with ovoid finial

Ovoid vessel with two vertical open arches as fasteners through which a leather thong is threaded. A third arch is positioned on the opposite side. The vessel stands on three rectangular legs.

Short stemmed pipe with a bowl carved in the shape of a mans face with moustache. Inlay with lead

Short stemmed pipe with a bowl carved in the shape of a mans head. Eyes inlaid black beads

Long stemmed pipe with long narrow bowl tilted back towards stem.

Long stemmed pipe with bowl in the shape of a standing man with beard and hands held in front of his stomach. Bulbous legs and small feet.

Swallow tailed leather backing covered with white beading with black designs. The waist band is a leather thong heavily covered with brass rings.

Stick that flares slightly at the top and at the base. It has engraved crisscross designs at its base covering approximately 1/3 of the shaft.

Stick with an ovoid finial and with engraved crisscross designs at its base covering approximately 1/3 of the shaft.

Stick with ovoid finial

Ovoid vessel with three legs that taper towards their base. It has an ovoid lid with and inverted cone as a handle. The body of the vessel and the lid are carved with grooved parallel lines in interlocking geometric designs.

Cylindrically shaped vessel tapering slightly to the top with three cylindrical legs. It has an bowl shaped lid with and two matching handles in the shape of Us. The body of the vessel and the lid are carved with a checkerboard of grooved parallel lines each block with parallel lines in alternating directions.

Ovoid vessel with a domed cover with a truncated handle with raised ridges projecting from the top. It stands on 3 very long rectangular legs that flare towards their bases. The entire vessel is covered with carved grooved lines in geometric arrangements - the body and lid are in a checkerboard pattern and the legs have horizontal grooves. The insides of the legs have alternating dark and light bands

Ovoid vessel with pointed lid with round knob at its end. The body of the vessel and the lid are carved with vertical grooves with 4 panels of horizontal grooves. The body is surrounded by a superstructure of two concentric rings with 4 vertical pillars supporting the upper one on the lower one which is in turn supported by 4 cylindrical legs. Between the superstructure and the vessel is a gap and the two are joined by horizontal cylindrical struts. The rings, struts and pillars are all carved with parallel grooved rings around them.

Egg-shaped vessel with short raised lip stands on 3 U-shaped legs that curve outwards and down from the vessel body. The entire vessel is covered with interlaced panels of carved grooved lines in geometric arrangements. There are 6 angular hollow arches as handles.

Spherical vessel standing on three legs and with two rectangular lugs projecting out sideways. The body of the vessel and the outside surface of the lugs are covered in the amasumpa design.

Cylindrical shape tapering to narrow base. Has two wedge shaped lugs on ether side and a panel of 4 pleats curving around its body.

Cylindrical shape tapering towards the top and rounded at its base that is supported with an inverted truncated cone. Has two lugs on ether side and a horizontal panel of raised amasumpa around its body and two vertical panels rounded at the ends between the lugs.