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1. Amulet

Museum number:: 5-15573
Culture or time period:: Dogon
Object class:: Amulets
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Irwin Hersey
Collection place:: Mali

2. Amulet

Museum number:: 5-15576
Culture or time period:: Dogon
Object class:: Amulets
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Irwin Hersey
Collection place:: Mali

3. Amulet/ leg rattle

Museum number:: 5-15424
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Amulets
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 14.8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

4. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988k
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988l
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Antelope

Museum number:: 5-13462a
Culture or time period:: Bambara
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Western Africa

8. Applicator

Museum number:: 5-13011c
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Cosmetic applicators
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

9. Arm dagger

Museum number:: 5-1734a
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Axe

Museum number:: 5-11407
Culture or time period:: Tuareg
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Andrew B. Smith
Collection place:: Mali
Collection date:: 1972