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Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0030   CAS 0018-0030; Earspool / earplug
Category Carvings; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Earspool / earplug
Culture Kikuyu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 1.3, Max Diam = 4.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0031   CAS 0018-0031; Earspool / earplug
Category Carvings; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Earspool / earplug
Culture Kikuyu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 1.3, Max Diam = 4.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0077   CAS 0018-0077; Stool
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Stool
Culture Kamba
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.6, Max Diam = 17.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0103A-C   CAS 0018-0103A-C; Writing box
Category Carvings
Object Name Writing box
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data East African coast
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Writing box carved in Malbar style; originated in India.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.2, Width = 19.1, Length = 46.7
Catalog Number CAS 0018-0117   CAS 0018-0117; Writing box with lid
Category Carvings
Object Name Writing box with lid
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data East Africa
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Writing box.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.1, Width = 8.9, Length = 21.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0119   CAS 0018-0119; Comb
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Swahili or Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist. Lamu District
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.2, Width = 5.1, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 18.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0120   CAS 0018-0120; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Uganda
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Lake Victoria, Nyanza
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.8, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 26.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0136   CAS 0018-0136; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Uganda
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Lake Victoria
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Spoon carved from single piece of wood; elongated bowl of spoon tapers to point at both ends and curves upward at proximal end; wide flat handle expands toward distal end, then suddenly narrows; Handle has triangular cutout and upper face of handle is carved with geometric patterns.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.7, Depth = 4.1, Length = 25.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0137   CAS 0018-0137; Comb
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Double-ended comb carved from single piece of wood; one end has 9 long teeth that are round in cross-section and taper to distal end; Opposite end has 20 very short teeth that are somewhat square in cross-section and bifacially thinned; Central area of comb is constricted and carved on both faces with shallow geometric designs, including diamonds, triangles, zigzags, hearts, and floral units.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 0.9, Width = 7.4, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 23.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0138   CAS 0018-0138; Comb
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Swahili or Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist. Lamu District
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.0, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 23.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0139   CAS 0018-0139; Comb
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Swahili or Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist. Lamu District
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 0.8, Width = 6.4, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 19.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0144   CAS 0018-0144; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Ladle-like spoon carved from single piece of wood; bowl of spoon is very deep and rounded; angled handle is slightly curved and carved in an openwork pattern of interlocking shapes, each outlined by shallow grooves and a row of shallow "V" shapes; Proximal tip of handle and rim of spoon's bowl are stained black.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.0, Depth = 5.6, Length = 36.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0157   CAS 0018-0157; Comb
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Swahili or Boni
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist. Lamu District
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.4, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0179   CAS 0018-0179; Headrest
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Headrest
Culture Somali
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Somalia
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 19.1, Width = 21.1, Length = 10.5
Catalog Number CAS 0018-0193   CAS 0018-0193; Jar with lid
Category Carvings; Vessels
Object Name Jar with lid
Culture
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Uganda?
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data East Africa
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 31.8, Max Diam = 15.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0204   CAS 0018-0204; Clothes hook
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Clothes hook
Culture
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya?
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.1, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 45.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0209   CAS 0018-0209; Reading desk
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Reading desk
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data East African coast
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Book rest used for holding Koran while reading in the mosque.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 37.0 (open), Width = 21.6 (closed), Thickness = 3.4 (closed), Length = 45.7 (closed)

Catalog Number

 CAS 0018-0219   CAS 0018-0219; Staff
Category Carvings
Object Name Staff
Culture
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya?
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 2.9, Length = ca. 104.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0021-0002   CAS 0021-0002; Spear
Category Carvings; Weaponry
Object Name Spear
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Long spear probably intended for ceremonial display, carved from a single piece of wood, having a cylindrical shaft that accounts for approximately one half of the spear's total length and expands gradually from the proximal end to its maximum diameter at the spear's midpoint; Remaining half of the spear's total length toward the distal end accounts for the blade, which is elaborately carved in a series of barbs, some of which extend downward toward the proximal end, some extend outward 90 degrees from the shaft, and some extend upward toward the distal end; Final 24 cm of blade nearest the distal end are carved with series of barbs that all extend downward toward the proximal end; Along the entire length of the carved blade, the shaft is diamond-shaped in cross section, showing a pronounced median ridge on both faces.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 3.4, Length = 162.3
Catalog Number CAS 0027-0010   CAS 0027-0010; Model totem pole
Category Carvings
Object Name Model totem pole
Culture Haida or Tlingit, possibly
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Model of totem pole, carved in high relief from a piece of mill-cut lumber and depicting (in ascending order) a bear, a frog, and a raven; Figures are painted black, red, green, and yellow.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 30.6, Width = 5.8, Depth = 3.7
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