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Knife consists of a metal blade and a carved ivory upper section. The scabbard is made in two pieces - the front is ivory and the back wood - bound together with hide strips at top and bottom. The ivory finial is carved in the shape of a small man with a striped chest and back region . The lower end of the finial section into which the blade is inserted has a hemispherical design with a dot in the centre carved in relief back and front. The shaft has irregular star-like designs along the centre line.

Pipe with short stem and two symmetrical bowls angled upwards at a 45 degrees

Spoon with round deep bowl. Its handle consists of three spiralling cylindrical rods that have a hollow internal section. The finial is a truncated cone.

Staff with finial in the shape of a tortoise and half-way up the shaft are a male and female figure carved in relief. Between these two motifs are two symmetrical flat rectangular projecting sections each with a ladder-like design with three arched holes between four struts. A metal chain is attached to the central section of the upper region.

Ovoid vessel with three legs. Its body is covered with vertical and slanted parallel grooved ridges. It has a domed lid with a flat round base supported on two inverted truncated cone-shaped leg that projects from the top of the lid. The lid is also covered in grooved parallel ridges.

Platform curved upward at either end. Has a grooved channel in the centre and liner grooved decorations at either flattened end. Lugs are open arches facing front. Two pillars rest on the back of a horned creature which in turn has four legs that stand on the ground. It has a small pointed face and pointed tail. Its legs flare out towards the bottom. The body is decorated with some dark spots.

Platform curved upward at either end. Has a grooved channel in the centre and liner grooved decorations at either flattened end. Lugs are open arches facing front. Two pillars rest on the back of a elephant that stands on its four legs. It has a truck and one tusk - the other has been broken off. Its legs flare out at the foot region near the bottom. It has a tail that is flattened on its sides. Eyes are roughly diamond shaped

Crossbar flat and only slightly curved upwards at ends. These are each decorated with two rows of carved squares. Three chunky rectangular pillars - two at the ends and one in the middle rest on the ground and are covered on all their outside surfaces with raise bump-like designs (amasumpa). These are in geometric rows

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. .