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2. Animal remains

Museum number:: 6-12020
Culture or time period:: Middle to Late Predynastic Period, Egypt (4000–3000 BC)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Tomb 7097 (97), Cemetery 7000, Naga-ed-Der
Collection date:: 1901-1903

3. Bird figure

Museum number:: 5-16826
Object class:: Bird motifs and Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 28.5 centimeters, height 16 centimeters, and width 5.8 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

4. Bird figurine

Museum number:: 5-10122
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:: Zimbabwe

5. Bird figurine

Museum number:: 5-10121
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:: Zimbabwe

6. Broken bracelets

Museum number:: 6-5760
Culture or time period:: Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry) and Broken (damaged)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Grave 212, Ballas, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: 1900-1901

7. Broken bracelets

Museum number:: 6-5759
Culture or time period:: Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry) and Broken (damaged)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Grave 212, Ballas, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: 1900-1901

8. Carved animal horn for drinking

Museum number:: 5-7835
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

9. Cow horn fragments

Museum number:: 6-22864
Object class:: Fragments (object portions)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Mesheikh, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: 1903

10. Dagger and sheath

Museum number:: 5-13199a,b
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: a— length 26.6 centimeters and b— length 17 centimeters
Collection place:: Northern Africa
Collection date:: 1928

11. Divining implement

Museum number:: 5-17034
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 11.6 centimeters, cord— length 7 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, and stick— length 9.5 centimeters
Collector:: Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:: Gwembe Valley, Zambia