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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	1968.10.3	Sculpture	Plaque. Bronze Beni; 6 human figures.
2	1968.10.70	Pot	Copper pot and lid with immense copper rot. A. Pot with diagonal grid with raised snakes on sides, and three thin legs. B. Lid has raised figures of reptiles and possibly a bird.
3	1968.9.12.2	Fan	Black handle with natural color woven straw fan. Fan has embroidered peacock in green, blue, purple, orange, yellow, red and brown.
4	1969.15.0002	Carving	Yoruba Ibeji dolls. Laterally compressed to acute ridge from top of forehead to back of neck; prominent facial features, 3 vertical gashes on each cheek; female with very prominent breasts. Posture of both leaning slightly forward. Colored with brown to reddish-brown chalky paint, shiny in various places. a. Male. b. Female.
5	1973.58.1	Figurine	A small camel toy, stitched shut with yellow thread, with eyes painted on and small ears sewed on. Stands on all four feet with head slightly turned. On far back of camel held on by a small metal dowel is a woman's head with painted facial features. Head is clad in white head scarf with yellow see-through veil covering mouth and cheeks. Camel has blue and white twisted yarn harness.
6	1974.23.0047	Statue	Carved; warrior. Figure standing erect holding in one hand an oar-shaped object (probably a spear) and in other hand a animal skin object (probably a shield).Silver bands around neck. Mounted on small round wood platform.
7	1979.10.19	Figurine	This figurine was made in the image of a bare-chested Nubian woman with long, thick hair and a calf-length skirt. The hands of the woman are resting on the front of her hips. There is no decoration on the top of her head. This piece was likely produced with a mold at low cost for a private household or burial site. The individual portrayed was likely a Nubian laborer or citizen at a time when Nubia was under the control or influence of the Egyptian rulers, possibly during the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. The composition of the piece and the portrayal of the woman's features suggest that this is an authentic piece of Nubian-Egyptian culture.
8	1990.21.140	Painting	Of religious instructor and his students.
9	1990.21.23	Figure	Ceramic frog with a indented mouth, etched nostrils and protruding circular eyes.
10	1990.21.24	Figure	Man with a beard, protuberant nose and ears, in a sitting position. Left elbow rests in the right hand. The beard sticks straight out from the face. The legs stick straight out from underneath the body.
11	1990.21.25	Figure	Bearded man in a sitting position. The beard extends over the left arm. Right elbow rests in the left hand. Circular protruding eyes and circular indentations around the edges of the face.
12	1990.21.26	Figure	Bearded man in a sitting position. Facial features include a protuberant nose, elongated beard, thin etched eyebrows, and indented eyes. Right elbow rests on left hand.
13	1990.21.27	Figure	Bearded male in sitting position. Protuberant nose has been broken and repaired. Right elbow rests on left hand. The left arm has been broken and repaired.
14	1990.21.28	Figure	Bearded man in a sitting position. The beard extends over the left arm. Right elbow rests in the left hand. Circular protruding eyes and circular indentations around the edges of the face.
15	1995.38.0001	Sculpture	Tall, narrow; carved from one piece of wood. 11 small children grasping an adult. All have similar body features. Adult is largest figure. Children are wearing a garment wrap around the lower half of their bodies.
16	2009.2.0027	Carving	Human bust with a smooth base. Long neck, large facial features, short hair with a receding hairline. Possibly made from ironwood or African blackwood.
17	2009.2.0047	Carving	Human bust with long neck and a protruding chin. Large facial features. Might be wearing a hat or could be hairstyle - etched diagonal lines and flat on top of head. Might be made from ironwood or African blackwood.
18	2009.2.0048	Carving	Two carved human heads, one on top of the other. Bottom head has shoulders and prominent facial features. There is some sort of head covering with a large opening in it. On top of bottom head there is another head carved from the chin up. Behind head is a large opening. Various lines etched on piece, from straight lines to checkerboard designs. Base has checkerboard design too. Made from ironwood or African blackwood.
19	2009.2.29	Figurine	Small bronze sculpture of two men sitting across from each other working on something together.One man is holding a hammer in one hand and tongs in the other. Second man is holding a long rod or stick which is resting on a platform between the two men. Could be metal smiths.
20	2009.2.49	Figurine	Small bronze figurine of single man sitting on a stool with hands on two round pieces. One round piece is somewhat flattened. Attached to each round piece are pipes that join together to make a point with a horse shoe shape at the end.
21	2009.2.50	Figurine	Small bronze sculpture of a man bent over a large bowl of pit. The man has both of his hands partially within the bowl. Bowl has coil design. It appears as if the bowl has something in it.
22	2009.2.51	Figurine	Seated man with legs crossed. He has a knife or sword in his right hand and what appears to be a hoe in the other. Items lay on the ground in front of him - possibly hoe heads. Beside him on the ground lays a spear.
23	2009.2.52	Figurine	Bearded, robed, man on ground leaning on left arm. There is a tool, possibly an ax or pick, in his left hand. In front of the man on the ground is what appears to be the head of a hoe.
24	2009.2.53	Figurine	Man sitting on ground with crossed legs. He appears to be hammering something he is holding in his left hand (a long strip resting on an anvil). There are other strips on the ground.
25	2009.2.54	Figurine	Small bronze figurine of a bearded man in a standing position, hunched over, wearing a robe. Holding a hoe head in left hand and some sort of ax in the right hand, slung over shoulder.
26	2009.2.55	Figurine	Bronze figurine of a man sitting on a stool with one leg under the other. He is leaning forward holding an ax in both hands with another ax on the ground to his left.
27	2009.2.56	Figurine	Bronze figurine of a man standing. He wears a shirt and is holding with both hands some sort of tool (jointed with a shovel head on one end). Man is possibly bending the tool with his hands.
28	2009.2.57	Gold weight	Bronze figurine of a man standing, wearing a shirt. He holds a spear in his left hand, a hoe head in his right.
29	L1968.10.2JK	Carving	Wooden carving of the profile view of a man. The man is wearing a red shirt that has a yellow vertical stripe down the center and a blue collar. The man is wearing a blue hat and has a large black beard with detailed carvings of curly hair within the beard. The eye socket is outlined in black paint.