EDAfrica
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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 | ED1999.1.52 | Hosho | An African (Zimbabwean) instrument with three dark, spherical gourds attached to a stick. Seeds are in the gourds, creating a rattle when shaken. | |
9 | ED1999.1.54 | Kpoko-Kpoko | Small red wood piece with faces on either ends. Two holes, one on each end, with strings strung through it holding pieces of wood that move to make sound. ard included with object: "Handmade from a light wood, then stained. This rattle originates in the southeast part of Nigeria where it is used as a part of rituals and dances and to celebrate market days." | |
10 | ED2019-1 | Shekere | Western African Gourd Rattle. A and B. Consists of a dried gourd with beads or seeds woven into a net covering the gourd. Throughout the African continent it is called different things, such as the lilolo, axatse, and chequere. This instrument and its variations originate in west Africa, and this particular one came from Cameroon. | |
11 | ED2019-10 | Sistrum | Modern sistrum made from thin sticks, metal disks, and wire. Would be played by shaking the instrument. | |
12 | ED2019-11 | Kalimba | Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 6 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging. | |
13 | 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. | |
14 | ED2019-12 | Drum | African pellet drum | |
15 | 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). | |
16 | ED2019-14 | Drum | A miniature dunun drum with animal hide covering the top and the bottom of the instrument. This instrument comes from west Africa and is played by holding the handle and hitting the drumheads. | |
17 | 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. | |
18 | ED2019-15 | Armlet | A West African arm band made of white, black, red, yellow, and green beads on top of a black leather base. | |
19 | ED2019-16 | Comb | West African Wood Hair Comb | |
20 | ED2019-17 | Rattle | A & B. Nigerian cocoa bean rattles. Traditionally the Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria wear a waist belt rattle, and ankle rattle on each leg, and a rattle in each hand when they dance in ceremonies and festivals. The woven material is raffia palm fiber and the beans are the husk of the cocoa bean. | |
21 | ED2019-18 | Sculpture | Wooden sculpture of a woman from Kenya | |
22 | ED2019-180 | Kalimba | Half Gourd with 5 metal thumb keys. Engraved on the front with a hole cut in the lower half. The keys rest on a raised wooeden block . There are small gashes on the back of the gourd and from on the front. Also is called mbira or thumb piano. | |
23 | ED2019-181 | Drum, Slit | A hand-carved percussion instrument commonly found in Africa and Southeast Asia. This object comes with a striker to make noise. Drum (A) and striker (B). | |
24 | ED2019-185 | Rattle | Made of cocoa beans and braided rope tied together. Beans attached to rope and dangled with untied ends. Meant to be tied and shaken by waist ankles or arms. Rough edges on cocoa beans cut in half. | |
25 | ED2019-188 | Shekere | A gourd without a stem that has a curved narrow top and a round bulbous bottom. Seeds are strung all the way around the bottom portion in a criss cross pattern to create a rattle. Throughout the African continent it is called different things, such as the lilolo, axatse, and chequere. This instrument and its variations originate in west Africa, and this particular one came from Cameroon. | |
26 | ED2019-19 | Sculpture | A Kenyan wood figurine of a man | |
27 | ED2019-191 | Kpoko-Kpoko | Nigerian percussion instrument. Carved faces on alternate side, X carved on opposite sides. Card included with object: "Handmade from a light wood, then stained. This rattle originates in the southeast part of Nigeria where it is used as a part of rituals and dances and to celebrate market days." | |
28 | ED2019-194 | Sistrum | African percussion instrument. Double y-shaped piece of wood, with flattened bottle caps strung on wire between the legs of the y's. Used on market days in celebrations and in dances. Made by the Kikuyu of Kenya. | |
29 | ED2019-196 | Rattle | Cocoa bean rattle- Cocoa beans strung together by braided rope. Rope is pierced through beans to connect them. Rope is tied off in knots on ends. Cocoa beans are halves, some have minor cracks on shells. Insides of some beans have unique marks, like scratches. From Nigeria | |
30 | ED2019-2 | Drum | Kenyan Batá Drum | |
31 | ED2019-20 | Rattle | A fur and animal hide covered rattle that is filled with seeds. Likely from Africa, and is cylinder shaped. | |
32 | ED2019-21 | Sculpture | A wooden figurine of a West African dancer wearing items such as a straw skirt and a striped top | |
33 | ED2019-3 | Game, Mancala | A-B. An African counting game with 1 pack of stones. | |
34 | ED2019-4 | Game, Mancala | A-C. An African counting game with two packs of stones. | |
35 | ED2019-5 | Game, Mancala | A, B. An African counting game with 1 pack of stones. | |
36 | 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. | |
37 | ED2019-7 | Rattle | Cylinder, covered with animal skin. Filled with seeds so that it rattles when shaken. | |
38 | ED2019-8 | Kalimba | Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 7 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging. | |
39 | ED2021-118 | Adungu | The adungu is a harp-like instrument from east-central Africa, namely in the areas of Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This string instrument is small and dark brown with four strings and three tuning pegs (one is missing from the top). It is played by plucking the strings. | |
40 | 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. | |
41 | ED2021-154 | Rattle | Nigerian cocoa bean rattles. This particular object has 12 cocoa beans attached to the tan fibers of the string. The tag with the object reads: "Traditionally the Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria wear a waist belt rattle, an ankle rattle on each leg, and a rattle in each hand when they dance in ceremonies and festivals. About 10 women will dance and play to the same beat, so the sound of the rattles cuts through any drumming. The woven material is raffia palm fiber and the beans are the husk of the cocoa bean." | |
42 | 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. | |
43 | ED2021-20 | Kalimba | Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 5 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging. | |
44 | ED2021-21 | Sculpture | Abstract sculpture made of dark wood. Sticker with "Kenya" handwritten on the bottom. | |
45 | ED2021-31 | Rattle | Nigerian cocoa bean rattle. To be worn around the waist. | |
46 | 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. | |
47 | 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. | |
48 | 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. | |
49 | 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. | |
50 | 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. |