University of Northern Iowa

Anthropology

Archaeology (the study of ancient human culture) and ethnology (the study of recent and living people) are the two major sections in the anthropology collection.

The archaeological collection comes from North and West Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe, the Andes, Mesoamerica, the Great Plains, and the Great Basin areas.

The ethnographic collection includes artifacts from the Andes, Amazon, Mesoamerica, Circum-Caribbean, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, Melanesia, and Polynesia.

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Cat. # Name Description
6601 2009.2.76B Skirt Tie dyeskirt with zipper. 20 inch slit in fabric, but more fabric underneath slit so cannot see legs. Slit has fringe. Color: BL/WH
6602 2009.2.77A Vest A. Vest with 6 buttons down front. Fabric dark BL in Front, dyed to squares in Back. Lining inside was light BL.
6603 2009.2.77B Skirt A skirt with 10 buttons. Square dye. Fabric surrounding buttons dark Bl, no dye. Inside lining light BL fabric. From last button, 17 inch slit to bottom. Color: BL/WH
6604 2009.2.78A Dress 12 snap button BL dress with embroidered borders. Inside lining dark BL. Outside Turquoise with Batik light BL spots. Western Style.
6605 2009.2.78B Belt BL belt with 4 hols and Batik dots Color: BL
6606 2009.2.79 Fabric A rectangular piece with large detailed leaves patterned orientating themselves opposite every other one. Two inch border on long sides. Leaves very detailed- colored from dark inside to light. Color: BR/BL/WH 2009.2.79 (Fabric) image
6607 2009.2.80 Fabric A rectangular fabric with curlicue batik design laid on it. GR piece with YL designs. GR fabric predesigned before batik with curvy lines. Color: GR/YL 2009.2.80 (Fabric) image
6608 2009.2.8 Mask Kpeliye'e mask of the Senufo people. Carved, hollowed out, wooden, human face mask. Bird on top of head, resting on half circle with checkerboard pattern. Protuberance on forehead center, with incised marks (scarification patterns). Eyes are slits, eyebrows and cheeks have checkerboard pattern. Long, narrow nose goes down most of the face. Rectangular mouth with squarish teeth. Chin is flat and comes to a point. Two handle-like tubular pieces project down from the jaw. 2009.2.8 (Mask) image
6609 2009.2.81 Fabric A rectangular fabric with Batik designes. Pre Batik has square boxes of wave designs. Batik overlay of dots - YL and BR Color: BR/YL/GR/BL
6610 2009.2.82 Fabric A rectangular fabric in Batik designs. Pre batik had squares of wave designs. Batik overly of dots - YL and BR. Many dots bleed to form lines of dye - throughout fabric. Color: BL/GR/BR/YL
6611 2009.2.83 Fabric A rectangular fabric with fringe and patterned by circles and dyed by square sets of 16 dots in Batik fashion. Squares done in sets of four. Some sets diagonal. Some smearing of dye. WH dye, BR and BL background. Color: BL/BR/WH
6612 2009.2.84 Fabric A rectangular fabric with patterned flowers on BK fabric with 4 circle flower batik style dyed in WH and BR. WH dye lays on BR dye. Short side has 11 inch border of stacked arrows, 8 rows of 11 arrows Color: BK/BR/WH
6613 2009.2.85 Fabric A rectangular fabric dyed with a pattern of circles made of triangles with a circle in the middle. Fabric BR with few dots od dye. Circles primarly WH and BL with some light BR. Center of circles same color of fabric Color: BL/WH/BR
6614 2009.2.86 Fabric A BR rectangular fabric patterned with circles made up of triangles. Patterns span whole fabric. Circles dyed with WH and BL and light BR. BR fabric is streaked and faded. Color: WH/BL/BR
6615 2009.2.87 Fabric A rectangular GR and BR fabric patterned with leaves. Fabric prepatterned with designs of circles and branches off the circles. Leaf pattern in orderly fashion. Leaf has 16 lines indicating leaf grooves on each side, totalling 32 lines per leaf. Fabric is intermittently splashed with BL dye forming small dots. Color: BL/GR/BR/WH
6616 2009.2.88 Fabric A rectangular piece of GR fabric patterned by 6.5 x 6.5 inch square patterns of leaves. Each square has 2 patterns of 3.25 x 3.25 inch leaves. The bottome row is opposite of the top. 1 leaf has crved sections, while other has jagged. The full square of 4 leaves are colored with YL and BL, alternating one after another. Fabric is 2 pieces sewn together and is 15 inches in width, while the other is 33 inches Color: GR/BL/YL/WH
6617 2009.2.9 Necklace Amber bead necklace strung with cotton string. Large beads ranging from 1" to 2" thick, bigger beads towards torso (smaller at neck). Beads are smooth oblong. 2009.2.9 (Necklace) image
6618 2009.6.0001 Drum Hourglass shaped drum with handles on each side. The middle of the drum is black and the handles are also black. One handle is plain and the other is curvy and forms small holes where the bottom of the curves meet the drum body. The top of the drum is made of opaque reptile skin stretched over and two rows of twine around the edge. The drum is hollow on the inside. On both the top, bottom and around the center are orange and white geometric paintings on a black background. The rest of the drum is tan colored. Color: TN, BK, WH, OR
6619 2009.6.0005 Spear Wooden (bamboo?) spear. The spear head is single and flat on both sides. It is connected to the handle with hardened black puddy and woven grass. There are bumps in the wood all the way up the handle. Where the handle is attatched to the spearhead are black markings all around the handle. The bottom of one side of the spearhead is raised. Very light weight. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN
6620 2009.6.0006 Spear Wood (bamboo?) spear. Very similar to 2009.6.5. The spear head is flat and double sided. One edge is raised slightly. The spearhead is connected to the handle with black puddy and woven grass. Underneath the woven grass are small black drawings. There are bumps along the entire length of the handle. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN
6621 2009.6.0007 Spear Wood (bamboo?) spear. The spearhead is four pronged. Each prong is curved in the center. The head is attatched from the handle with woven grass and dried black puddy. There are bumps all the way down the handle. The four prongs are the same length. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN
6622 2009.6.0008 Spear Wooden (bamboo?) spear. Spearhead consists of five prongs very close together. The top of each prong is slightly curved. The spearhead is attatched to the handle with woven grass. There are bumps all the way down the handle. Under the woven grass is faded black markings. White gauze (?) at the bottom of the spearhead. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN
6623 2009.6.0009 Spear Tan wooden spear. Five pronged spearhead. Where the handle is attatched to the spearhead there are pieces of grass and black puddy woven together to hold the spear together. On the handle are black lines. There are bumps all the way down the handle. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN
6624 2009.6.0010 Spear Tan handle with brown spearhead. Spearhead has black marks on it and is formed in sections much like a Christmas tree. At the end of the spearhead and top of the handle is black puddy and some grass to keep the pieces together. There are bumps all along the handle. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN, BN
6625 2009.6.0011 Spear Wooden spear with tan handle and black head. Black puddy between the end of the spearhead and the top of the handle. There are black markings underneath the head. There are small bumps all along the handle. Spearhead has small lighter section near the middle. Grooved similar to a Christmas tree. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN, BK
6626 2009.6.0012 Bow Bow made of brown wood; tan strip is the string. The string is attatched to the bow with large strips of wood knotted together. The string is no longer attatched to the handle and one large piece of knotted wood has popped off. The handle is very smooth and has pointed tips at each end to make it easy to attach and unattatch the string. Color: BN, TN
6627 2009.6.0018 Steamer Cylandrical reed rice steamer consisting of two parts. The bottom is made of several dark pieces woven together. The top part is a lighter colored smaller cylinder made from a single piece of reed. Inside, the bottom is made of larger reed woven together with four pieces of string tied together to form a diamond. The strings are under tension. The top part can be removed and is woven together in a similar fashion to the darker bottom piece. The very bottom of the dark piece is also large reed woven together. There are four tiny loops made from string on the bottom. Color: BN, TN 2009.6.0018 (Steamer) image
6628 2009.6.0019 Tray, Serving Tray made from woven reeds and wood. Base is light colored large piece of wood. The center contains arched pieces of dark wood with light wood strips going around horizontally. There is also a horizontal strip around the base. The tray platform is made of large reed pieces tightly woven together surrounded by wicker also closely woven together. The weaving on the platform forms a square shape. Color: TN
6629 2009.6.0020 Bag Woven reed bag. Very tightly woven with frayed left and right sides. The handles are braided with a knot in the middle. The knot also has frayed edges coming off the top. The edges are also braided before fraying. Some of the weaving on the bottom is not as tight and there are small holes where the reeds intersect. The top is the most closely woven. Color: TN
6630 2009.6.0022 Ball Wood woven into a ball. There are small spaces forming triangles in between the strips of wood. The strips of wood are made by four smaller strips of rounded wood. Ball is very light weight and hollow. The wood is mostly light brown with some dark brown pieces. Similar to 2009.6.23 Color: BN
6631 2009.6.0023 Ball Wood woven into a ball. There are small spaces forming triangles in between the strips of wood. The strips of wood are made of four smaller strips of rounded wood. Ball is very light weight and hollow. The wood is mostly light brown with some dark brown pieces. Used to play sipa. Similar to 2009.6.22 Color: BN
6632 2009.6.13 Belt Small white kina shells on brown grass like substance. Six rows of shells. The two ends are tied together with yellow string. Some of the shells are purple/pink hued. The shells alternate direction after three rows. Color: WH, BN 2009.6.13 (Belt) image
6633 2009.6.14 Crossbow Wooden crossbow with string across the top from Laos. Wood is dark brown. The rope is attached to the horizontal piece of the cross. Near the center of the vertical piece of the cross there is a small rotating piece attached with a wooden screw. Near the top of the rotating piece is a groove on the vertical piece of the cross. Near the top of the vertical piece is a small jutting piece of wood. 2009.6.14 (Crossbow) image
6634 2009.6.15 Quiver Six parts: quiver and arrows. A.) Wooden quiver with rope attatched at each end to carry. There are tan and brown candy cane stripes all the way down the quiver. At the top is a hole for small arrows to be set inside and on the bottom is a divet. B.-F.) Small arrows inside the quiver. Each is tan in color with pointed ends. The opposite end has a small wooden tail with black material tying it together. The pointed ends are fairly blunt. 14 1/2" long Color: TN, BN
6635 2009.6.16 Basket Large brown basket with two shoulder straps. The straps can be adjusted by re-tying the large knot in the front. There are four small legs on the bottom of the basket. There are vertical pertruding pieces all the way around the basket as well as a single horizontal strip about a 1/4 of the way down from the top. Flat area with straps for the back. Color: BN
6636 2009.6.17 Pot Aluminum Rice Pot A.) Silver metal pot with an hourglass shape. The bottom of the pot has four rings on the bottom with a circle in the middle. In the circle is engraved "Car Brand" "Thailand" "22 c/m". There is also a car engraved on it. Very light weight and shiney. B.) Woven light colored basket. Rounded bottom and large opening on the top. Not as tightly woven at the bottom. Color: SL, TN
6637 2009.6.2 Bag Tan colored bag made of twine. The twine is loosely woven together to form a square shaped bag with rounded corners. The edging along the opening of the bag and on the handle are more tightly woven together. The main part of the bag is very stretchy. Very plain. Color: TN
6638 2009.6.21 Flute Large wooden flute. Wood appears to be bamboo. In a pan flute shape with double layer staggered pieces. All the wooden pieces are round and hollowed. There is a large dark brown piece with carvings on one end and a hole in the other. This is attatched to the bamboo pieces with black puddy. There are other holes near the dark brown piece where fingers are placed to play different notes. Three yellow strings wrapped around at top, middle, and bottom. A pink ribbon tied to the top and bottom strings for a handle. Color: TN
6639 2009.6.26 Bottle Brown hollow gourd. The bottom is wide and round. The second layer is much less wide and leads to a very short piece to pit a mouth around. Shape similar to a snowman. Between the bottom and second lair is a dark fabric rope tied around the gourd in order to hold onto it easier. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: BN
6640 2009.6.27 Pipe Cylandrical bamboo pipe with small pertruding piece that is 3 1/2" long. There is a hole in the top and the bottom of the pipe. The hole from the top goes about 3/4 of the way down. The bottom hole is closed with a barrier about 1/4 of the way up. The pertruding piece is hollow and attatched to the larger piece through a hole. On the top half of the pipe are light geometric carvings; some of which are animals. Color: TN
6641 2009.6.3 Bag Twine bag with alternating pink, tan and green patches. There are purple patches at the bottom of the bag. Loosely woven together to form a square shape. The edge around the opening and the handle are more tightly woven together. Very stretchy bag. Color: TN, GN, PK, PR
6642 2009.6.4 Bag Twine bag with alternating yellow, purple, and green patches. Green and purple on top and bottom, yellow and green in the center. Handle is yellow and purple. Very loosely woven together, main part very stretchy. The edging around the opening and the handle are more tightly woven. Color: YW, PR, GN
6643 2010.17.0008 Shield Souvenir Maasai shield, white stripe running down middle with black triangles outlined in red, separates red and black sides, almond shaped design on each side with a large white section surrounded by red and black sections containing small white triangles, shield is an almond shape made of buffalo hide with wooden supports and grip, white string on back used for hanging, ocher used as paint. 2010.17.0008 (Shield) image
6644 2010.17.0009 Shield Souvenir Maasai shield, white stripe down middle surrounded by 2 red scalloped lines, divides shield into 2 halves one with a yellow half circle with a brown circle, black circle, white star, and red/yellow flower inside, other half has a white half circle with 4 lines of black and brown triangles all attached inside, shield is an almond shape made of buffalo hide with wooden supports and grip. 2010.17.0009 (Shield) image
6645 2010.17.0012 Bow Wooden Maasai warrior's bow, 5 rings made of lion hide encircle the wood, brown stretchy rope tied at on end in a knot, lion hide rings are a darker brown than the wood, ends of the bow are rounded, an example of what expert archers call a simple bow, the back (farthest from the archer) is smoothed and the belly is rounded for maximum elasticity and power Color: BR
6646 2010.17.0015 Spear 3 part warrior's spear, steel bottom, wood center, steel tip, steel blade is joined to a narrow metal shaft with a short wooden grip, section of pale wood indicates junior status, tear drop shaped tip, slender bottom compared to 2010.17.16, spear head is sharpened all around, Assegai style meaning it is used for throwing, spear head and end are attached by hardened wax and socketed to the wood middle Color: BR, SL
6647 2010.17.0016 Spear 3 part warrior's spear, steel bottom, wood center, steel tip, steel blade is joined to a narrow metal shaft with a short wooden grip, section of pale wood indicates junior status, oblong blade that flares at bottom, Iklwa style meaning it is used at close contact not for throwing, spear head and end are attached by hardened wax and then socketed to the wood middle, 4 sets of small line designs at base, each section of lines are 2 1/2" long Color: SL, BR
6648 2010.17.0034 Cover, food woven millet grasses and fabric pieces and wool (dyed) tuffs, large bowl shaped
6649 2010.17.0036 basket large woven basket (a) with lid (b) lined with leather, swirl pattern on the lid, color bandsand large green and orange zigzags around the middle. Color: GR,OR,YL,GR,PR, 2010.17.0036 (basket) image
6650 2010.17.0071 print, photographic large color photographic print of several coffee making items-coffeepots, creamer dish, pot holder, server, etc. with a few lush textiles in the background, picture in frame (included in measurements)
6651 2010.17.0114 Adornment, camel camel adornment with three cords bound together to form a thick rope which is connected to pompom like features, the rope tapers down to form two smaller replicas with knotted ends and tassels, yellow orange blue black pink green white, similar to 2010.17.113 Color: YL,OR,BL,BK.PK,
6652 2010.17.0142 Saddle Forked Tuareg Camel Saddle (terik), made by lashing wood and rawhide together and covering it with leather which is often colored, 3 prong fork design at front and tear drop shaped seat back both decorated with black and brown leather and tan rawhide, attached to circular seat that is on top of a triangular base that fits over the camel's back, base has leather ties to attach to camel bridle and bags. On each side of base there is one black metal ring with 2 dark brown leather straps attached (decorative but also useful for attaching bridle and bags), Large black stamp underneath saddle. 2010.17.0142 (Saddle) image
6653 2010.17.10 Whisk, Fly long slim piece of plastic with dark gray/black horse hair attached and a black braided plastic handle and end piece to wrap around the wrist. 2010.17.10 (Whisk, Fly) image
6654 2010.17.1 Chest, sea large heavy wooden chest, with round brass studs on lid and front and sides, large opening for key, no key, opens a compartment on the top left, stylized front-suns or flowers possibly
6655 2010.17.100 Tunic long floor length hooded robe looking garment with wider sleeves, pullover, vertical stripes of gray and black with white trim, black gray white navy Color: GY
6656 2010.17.101 Shawl Large shawl with braided fringe on two sides. Alternating green, yellow, and red stripes along the length on the fabric, with a large brown strip down the center and a thin green line down the center of the brown stripe. There are Red and silver horizontal stripes, perpendicular to the larger colored stripes.
6657 2010.17.102 Tunic secured with 2 pieces of rope like fabric, pockets, open entire length of garment in front, structured or stream lined around the object with round or circle cut neck, deep pockets and the front middle section is secured by a silken cord, large hoop 3/4 sleeves, bottom parts of tunic are open in places--part of style Color: OR, WH
6658 2010.17.103 Pendant highly stylized and intricately etched 'cross' shaped pendant with opening at top for securing as charm necklace or earring.
6659 2010.17.104 pendant highly stylized and intricately etched 'cross' shaped pendant with opening at top for securing as charm necklace or earrings or bracelet
6660 2010.17.105 Earring pin or clothing fastener(?) possibly earring or gauge of a sort, cylindrical body with pointed head-sharp-4 dangling chains with worn coin faces on ends with small orange beads also on each chain,
6661 2010.17.106 Earring highly stylized earrings or charm to be worn in ear or on clothing as a fastener, crescent shape (very important in Islam) 3 hands in etched metal dangle from ends of the crescent, 3-4-5 are all very spiritual numbers, 3 is lucky, Hands of Fatima design, long soldered on piece in the back for putting in ear or on clothing
6662 2010.17.107 Bottle Egyptian perfume bottle and applicator, glass painted purple with gold leaf trim and frosted glass, applicator is small, lightweight and fragile. 2010.17.107 (Bottle) image
6663 2010.17.108 Incense a&b silver container with long tubular lid with holes at the top and a twist off lower body, sits upright, orange 'pelletes' into the diffuser, heated, produced orange scent in room
6664 2010.17.109 Bottle, toilet Small silver eye makeup bottle (a) and applicator (b). 2010.17.109 (Bottle, toilet) image
6665 2010.17.110 Bottle, toilet medium brass eye makeup bottle (a) and applicator (b) for women with stylized appicator, diamond shaped
6666 2010.17.11 Quiver Quiver with 5 arrows A. 2'10" in height, 7" in diameter, Lion hide quiver containing 5 poisonous arrows, 2 lion hide rings each with hole that a lion hide strap goes through, strap is connected to the lid which can be removed, 2 small nails on strap allow for adjustment, several marks with black permanent marker, separate pieces have been sewn together B. 31 1/4" long, 2 red rings at base, part of arrowhead is broken off, black feathers at end C. 31 3/4" long, 1 1/2" long arrowhead, much broader than rest, black feathers at end, type of string wrapped around middle D. 32 1/4" long, 1" long arrowhead, black feathers at end E. 30 1/2" long, 3/4" long arrowhead, black feathers at end, 2 red and 1 green rings at end F. 31 1/2" long, 1 1/4" long arrowhead with part missing, most of black feathers are gone, 2 purple and 1 red ring at end B-F all ends are forked Color: BR, BL
6667 2010.17.111 Adornment, camel loop handle at top end, woven patterned wool and cotton with synthetic end which is then attached to multiple ropes with tassels attached at the end. attached to riding apparatus. Color: YL,WH,RD,GR,BK,
6668 2010.17.112 Burka dyed wool, fabric pieces are all different and have been sewn together-meant to be worn on the face over the head with slits for the eyes, 189 coins in all, blue silver white terra cotta yellow brown green pink, fasteners (string) behind head band piece for securing-meant to cover face as well Color: BL,SL,WH,RD,YL,
6669 2010.17.113 Adornment, camel orange yellow blue black white pink green, 3 cords bound together to form a thick rope at certain intervals a 'pom pom' looking shape is in place, tapers down to form 2 smaller replicas with knotted ends tassels and pompoms Color: OR,YL,BL,BK,WH,
6670 2010.17.115 Necklace medium sized necklace, copper clasp for attachment, beaded thread wrappedaroundthe copper piece attachedt ot athin piece of fabric-muslin? From there, 3 more strands of beads-larger which are attached by metal pieces looped through the largest strand to connect all 4 rows together, colors: blue orange red yellow white black. Largest strand of smaller beads: orange yellow red and last row is a pattern of white and black beads, beads are opaque glass and plastic Color: BLK, RD, WHT,YL 2010.17.115 (Necklace) image
6671 2010.17.116 Earring earring, highly stylized face with silver ball in centre, 5 bells attached at the ends, metal piece attached for placement in ear Color: SL
6672 2010.17.117 bracelet small bracelet, silver, melted and reforged together (possibly) heavy, etched lines Color: SL
6673 2010.17.118 Bracelet silver 'bangle' type bracelet, small, possibly anklet(?) with melted chain bands made into composition, etchings Color: SL
6674 2010.17.119 Necklace medium necklace, metal with clasp in back, 5 beads of Lapis Lazuli at the bottom with 2 balls each bead, light weight Color: SL, BL, BR 2010.17.119 (Necklace) image
6675 2010.17.120 Necklace metal, string, and one red bead (probably plastic) very crude looking necklace, mace shaped beads, cross beads, and a few stylized ball shapes, heavy, disjointed looking Color: SL, RD
6676 2010.17.121 Earrings A&B. A pair of silver (fine quality) heavy hoop earrings with most likely Koranic verse written all along the outer edge of the earrings, Koranic verses sign of devotion and most likely used for protection as well Color: SL 2010.17.121 (Earrings) image
6677 2010.17.122 Pocketbook silver box with etchings, top comes off, can place an object or series of papers inside, secured by a metal fastener on one side and wearable around the neck through use of the rope Color: silver, white
6678 2010.17.123 Necklace highly stylized filigree work, metal, lighter weight, looks like broke off of original necklace or jewelry piece-string very thin, as for needle work, round intricately designed spheres attached to string
6679 2010.17.124 Pendant long cylindrical cannister or charmbox, one of the ends opens, loops at top where could be strung through a necklace chain and worn around the throat or neck, hands of Fatima design dangling from main structure, highly stylized metal etching, very richly decorated, name or location (in Arabic) written on the small triangle in the centre of the piece
6680 2010.17.125 Pendant small 'sealed' box, metal, highly stylized with hoops for putting through a (chain) to wear at side or around neck, sesal is somewhat broken-theoretically contains handwritten passages of the Koran inside
6681 2010.17.126 Necklace 'bib' or 'choker' style necklace of small opaque and translucent beads strung together in intricate patterns-similar to (smaller) 2010.17.127 with exception of the ends and 'X' pattern. Along the top of the piece are a series of orange triangles separated by yellow/green 'X' pattern, below is a border row of the translucent green beads then a cascading pattern of the genetic style pattern in green and yellow beads-the ends trail off into singular rows of green translucent beads secured by a large white bead at each end and a small yellow bead to close off, straps are strands (4) of orange beads which fasten around the neck with loose strings at ends 2010.17.126 (Necklace) image
6682 2010.17.127 Necklace 'Choker' or 'bib' style necklace of small opaque plastic or glass beads strung on white thread in intricate patterns of contrasting colors and geometric patterns. A diamond shape is repeated at the top of the necklace in which red and yellow diamonds are repeated along with 3 blue and one green diamond. Beneath this a 4 layer design in red white black yellow cascade down the throat area in a sort of DNA looking structure, ending with white beads that trail off the ends of the necklace straps for securing the necklace are white beaded strands with loose thread at the ends(4). 2010.17.127 (Necklace) image
6683 2010.17.13 Fabric woven cream or off white colored material with twilled ends, Baraccan textiles are made from woven cotton and camel's hair-very fine and relatively soft Color: WH
6684 2010.17.130 Shoe a&b. 10 1/2" size, black white red thong style sandals with cross/square pattern, backstrap for behind ankle, pattern sewn into shoes, straps for control, plastic red decoration
6685 2010.17.131 Sandal Pair of desert sandals / Shoes hand made with palm leaves, palm fibers and twine woven together (A & B)
6686 2010.17.133 Saddlebag Large saddle bag for use on camels, made from weaving dyed wool, vertical stripes of RD, OR, BK, BR, and WH, thick black stripes contain WH and RD triangular patterns, OR and BR and BK and WH striped edging around RD and WH cloth at top edge, cloth has openings on either end to slide a wooden rod through to attach to the camel's trappings for easy transport, multicolored edging around sides and middle Color: RD OR BK BR WH 2010.17.133 (Saddlebag) image
6687 2010.17.134 Saddle Bag Moroccan Camel Saddle Bag 2010.17.134 (Saddle Bag) image
6688 2010.17.135 Harness Camels harness made of dyed wool from goats, camels, or sheep, woven, cream colored base with dark brown stripes, fringe/tassels on each end, loops on either side of the chest piece for attachment to the camel, harness would attach through the saddle and accessories, decorative horizontal dark brown braided design on chest piece Color: BR, CR
6689 2010.17.136 Bag, Camel Camel udder bag made of BR, BK, and WH dyed wool woven with hair from either camels or goats to prevent suckling, 1 strand of braided wool and 1 loop on either side for attachment to the camel, on either end there are BR pieces with space in between them, but the material becomes more concentrated and close to surround the udder Color: BR, BK, WH
6690 2010.17.137 Harness Camel harness made with dyed wool from goats, sheep, or camels, tightly woven, main design has red background enclosed with black stripes, white line dividing red background with vertical black lines on each side, tassels made of PR, GR, YL, and PK yarn attached to braided wool, chest panel is much wider than the rest, harness would attach through the saddles and accessories Color: RD BK GR PR ML
6691 2010.17.138 Whip Wooden camel whip with brass handle and tip that are socketed to the wood and welded, pale wood with brown hue, some type of clear coat painted over wood gives it a shiny and smooth texture, 4 subtle notches/joints, heavier and darker than 2010.17.139 Camels are trained to respond to stick signals, they are used as defensive weapon, and as badge of office.
6692 2010.17.139 Whip Wooden camel whip with brass handle and tip that are socketed to the wood and welded, handle has a moon and star marking, pale wood with orange hint, some type of clear coat painted over wood gives it a shiny and smooth texture, 3 notches/joints, much lighter and slender that 2010.17.138 Camels are trained to respond to stick signals, can be used as defensive weapon, and as badge of office.
6693 2010.17.14 Gunpowder Horn/Flask Powder horn or flask used for storing gun powder, very top twists off to pour out the powder, straps for carrying and storing, design on panels around the vessel and some writing around as well. 2010.17.14 (Gunpowder Horn/Flask) image
6694 2010.17.140 Saddlebag Saddlebag made from weaving dyed wool and animal hair, most likely from camels, sheep, or goats, on each side and middle there is 1 vertical patterned stripe with 1 red stripe in between, RD, GR, and GD horizontal stripes go across the full width of bag, multicolored tassles at bottom, RD, WH, BK braided handle at top, back only has vertical patterns Color: RD GD GR BK WH
6695 2010.17.141 Saddle Saddle for horse, structure made of wood and covered with wool and cloth to provide protection and comfort for animal and rider, wooden sides of saddle are covered with wood in a wicker pattern which is covered with a YL cloth with a floral pattern, this is covered with a burlap material which is covered by the dyed wool, rounded handles/back support are secured with BK wire and rope, RD, WH, and BL diamond and triangular patterns on the wool seat Color: BR RD BL WH BK
6696 2010.17.143 Blanket, Saddle Saddle blanket for covering either a horse or camel saddle, made of dyed wool, slit at front of blanket to fit over the saddle's handle, in center of blanket there are 4 circular designs with a flower design in each, 2 half circle designs toward the back, center design is surrounded by BL diamonds, triangles, and stripes surrounded by black borders, BR, BL, and OR fringe, Opposite side RD replaces BR Color: BR BL BK OR RD
6697 2010.17.144 Shoe a&b. Fancier leather shoe, simple looking, pointed toe, backs broken down from wear and prayer (slip off shoes when praying) narrow soles, camel skin, size 11 1/2" shoes Color: YL 2010.17.144 (Shoe) image
6698 2010.17.145 Key large key with "S" design on head, iron, crank
6699 2010.17.146 Key medium sized key with "5" shape on head, iron , crank
6700 2010.17.147 Key Iron skeleton key with hollow barrel and single prong bit.
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