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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED1997.2.14	Sculpture	Wooden gazelle sculpture from Kenya
2	ED1997.2.15	Sculpture	Wooden bust of a women with stretched earlobes and traditional hairstyle, likely from Kenya. Written on the bottom "From Jim and Virginia Selzer Nov. 29-'53" and a metal disk imprinted with "7".
3	ED1998.10.4	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
4	ED1998.10.5	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
5	ED1998.10.6	Trivet	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 30x30cm.
6	ED1998.12.1	Comb	Wooden comb with 8 tines. Carving of an elephant as decoration on the top.
7	ED1998.12.3	Comb	Wooden comb with tines on top and bottom. Top tines are shorter and one is missing from the end. The front of the comb is carved to look like a face.
8	ED2019-116	Mask	A black mask with bronze (gold) triangles around the border and white cowrie shells decorating the interior. There's a face carbed in the middle of the wood, with bronze accents on the eyelids and nose. The design resembles that of masks created by tribes in central Africa near the Congo River Basin.
9	ED2019-13	Akuaba Doll	An akuaba fertility doll from Ghana, likely a replica. Commonly, young women who want a baby carry these dolls on their backs (or, keep it in their possession).
10	ED2019-148	Slippers	A & B. The back of the slippers read "Hand Made Slipper - RORO - 26." Likely from Africa. They are made from yellow and white striped fabric with a blue and green fruit design. The soles are white, and both slippers contain some damage as the heel of the slipper opens up.
11	ED2019-15	Armlet	A West African arm band made of white, black, red, yellow, and green beads on top of a black leather base.
12	ED2019-16	Comb	West African Wood Hair Comb
13	ED2019-18	Sculpture	Wooden sculpture of a woman from Kenya
14	ED2019-19	Sculpture	A Kenyan wood figurine of a man
15	ED2019-21	Sculpture	A wooden figurine of a West African dancer wearing items such as a straw skirt and a striped top
16	ED2019-3	Game, Mancala	A-B. An African counting game with 1 pack of stones.
17	ED2019-4	Game, Mancala	A-C. An African counting game with two packs of stones.
18	ED2019-5	Game, Mancala	A, B. An African counting game with 1 pack of stones.
19	ED2019-6	Basket	Coiled raffia basket. Alternating purple, ran, red, and blue rafia. Twine handle. Commonly made in Africa where raffia palm trees grow and produce raffia fibers for locals to use in basket weaving.
20	ED2021-138	Card Game	A set of fifty-three Whot game cards. The box is orange and yellow with the front reading "Waddingtons Whot - A game for everyone." It can be played with two or more players and is a popular game in England and Nigeria.
21	ED2021-172	Carving	A gourd carving from Africa, likely from a calabash. The design on the outside of the light-brown gourd features three animals and vegetation.
22	ED2021-21	Sculpture	Abstract sculpture made of dark wood. Sticker with "Kenya" handwritten on the bottom.
23	ED2021-65	Carving	A piece of dark-brown, wood-carving art from Africa. In the middle of the tall piece is a carving of a person's head with long, angular edges.
24	ED2021-66	Mask, Boar	A dark brown, wooden boar mask with white, gold, and red accent colors. This mask is most likely from Africa where various different groups of people use wooden, animal masks during their traditional rituals and ceremonies.
25	ED2021-67	Carving	An African wood-carving sculpture made of black wood. The carved-out picture shows an image of a lion and a sun.
26	ED2021-78	Comb	A wooden comb from Africa, likely east Africa because it is double sided. The bottom teeth are longer than the top teeth and the image carved out in the middle (which divides the two sides of teeth) is of a face. It's stained a dark, ashy brown color and the teeth of the comb are on the sharper side.
27	ED2021-91	Carving	An African (Nigerian) piece of art made from thorn wood carving. The small figurine depicts a person sitting on a stool and weaving blue fabric.