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[Item 1: 122M88 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 2: 122M95 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 9: AB-104-11 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 16: AB-18-42 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 29: All-036 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 30: All-087 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 31: All-117 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 32: All-292 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 33: All-296 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 43: B-19-2-6309 -- possible olla],
[Item 47: CD-113-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 49: CD-113-60- -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a pucuna (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 50: CD-113-60-entry2 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a "pucuna" (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 56: CD-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 60: CD-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 61: CD-13-15-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 64: CD-13-2-6156 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 65: CD-135-26 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 74: CD-171-2-6208 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 77: CD-173-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 85: CF-104-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 88: F-13-7 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 90: FA-104-12 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 93: FB-111 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 96: FB-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 99: FE-101 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 112: FE-103-6 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 129: FE-131-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 131: FE-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 136: FE-13-19 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 137: FE-13-3 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 146: FE-172-2 -- Adungu],
[Item 147: FE-172-2-entry2 -- Adungu],
[Item 158: FF-104-2-B -- Mitei, mite],
[Item 162: FF-135-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 163: FF-14 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 186: FF-189-6 -- sambe],
[Item 187: FF-189-6-entry2 -- sambe],
[Item 190: FF-222-8 -- Shango],
[Item 200: FG-102-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 202: FG-104-20 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 208: FG-122-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 209: FG-13-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 215: FG-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 216: FG-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 217: FG-13-2-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 220: FG-13-5 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 222: FG-13-6-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 227: FG-152-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 235: FG-18-8 -- Faifai],
[Item 326: [unknown26] -- Nomoli],
[Item 252: GD-103-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 275: GE-222 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 289: GH-223-XXX -- Likely a Honh bell],
[Item 290: GH-223-XXX-entry2 -- Dril bu],
[Item 291: N-127 -- None specifically],
[Item 295: N-232 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 296: N-232-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 297: N-250 -- Punca (in Yagua)],
[Item 298: N-250-1 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a Apucuna@ (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 301: [unknown01] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 302: [unknown02] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 304: [unknown04] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 305: [unknown05] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan masks],
[Item 309: [unknown09] -- wa],
[Item 310: [unknown10] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 312: [unknown12] -- wik?ro or s?],
[Item 316: [unknown16] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan mask],
[Item 317: [unknown17] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 318: [unknown18] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 325: [unknown25] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 321: [unknown21] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 324: [unknown24] -- [artifact name unknown]],
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Item 231: FG-18-6 -- Faifai

Grass mats also known as faifai used as covers for baskets, bowls, strainers and trays for drying food. The circular mat includes the colors red, black, tan and green. (also see FG 18-7 and FG 1-8)

References Cited: S. Gimba Ahmed, "Grass Weaving," Nigeria Magazine, XXX, No. 74 (Sept.,1962), p.12

Tanis, Carl 1963 Notes from the Tanis Collection. Archived material, Anthropology Department. Wheaton College, IL.

Culture: Fulani

Culture Area: Nigeria

Date Acquired: 1962 November 1

Dimensions: 35.5 cm diameter

Donor: Tanis

General Area of the World: Africa

Material: grass, palm leaves

Outline of Cultural Materials Code: 285 mats/basketry

Outline of World Cultures Code: [undetermined]

Use and Background: According to notes from the Tanis collection, these grass mats, also known as faifai, are used as covers for bowls, baskets, sieves and trays for drying food. Faifai range from 4 to 18 inches in diameter and are either shaped in a concave or flat manner. Palm trees fronds are cut and dried and then stripped to thin lengths (Ahmed 1962:12). The woven strips are sewn together in a round shape. The colors of the design are red, black, tan, and green. The red color is obtained by boiling the sheaths of a certain type of guinea corn stalk, the black is from another dye from an obscure guinea corn stalk. The fronds are first soaked in a river or swamp mud for five to fourteen days and then is taken out and boiled in a solutionof the coloring substance. The monotony of the procedure is the most arduous part (Tanis).

Item 232: FG-18-6-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]

round coiled mat, with red center surrounded by a black and yellow ring. There is another yellow ring around that, and then a red, green, and black ring, followed by a ring of red and black stripes. The outer ring is mostly red, with one row of green, then yellow, then black.

References Cited: Basketry in the Pitt Rivers Museum. 2004. Electronic Document, http://basketry.ashmolean.org, accessed October 1, 2009.

Smith, Fred T. 1986. Compound Entryway Decoration Male Space and Female Creativity. African Arts 19(3):52-59+83.

Culture: Hausa

Culture Area: Africa

Date Acquired: 1962 November

Dimensions: 38.5cm diameter, 2.2 cm height

Donor: Tanis

General Area of the World: Western and Central Africa

Material: Plant fiber

Outline of Cultural Materials Code: 285 (basketry)

Outline of World Cultures Code: MS12

Use and Background: Objects similar to this are used as trays (Smith 1986:54-56). It is coiled, which is a technique where thicker fibers are bound together with thinner fibers to create a basket weave (Basketry 2004).

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[Item 1: 122M88 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 2: 122M95 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 9: AB-104-11 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 16: AB-18-42 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 29: All-036 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 30: All-087 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 31: All-117 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 32: All-292 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 33: All-296 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 43: B-19-2-6309 -- possible olla],
[Item 47: CD-113-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 49: CD-113-60- -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a pucuna (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 50: CD-113-60-entry2 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a "pucuna" (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 56: CD-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 60: CD-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 61: CD-13-15-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 64: CD-13-2-6156 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 65: CD-135-26 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 74: CD-171-2-6208 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 77: CD-173-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 85: CF-104-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 88: F-13-7 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 90: FA-104-12 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 93: FB-111 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 96: FB-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 99: FE-101 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 112: FE-103-6 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 129: FE-131-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 131: FE-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 136: FE-13-19 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 137: FE-13-3 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 146: FE-172-2 -- Adungu],
[Item 147: FE-172-2-entry2 -- Adungu],
[Item 158: FF-104-2-B -- Mitei, mite],
[Item 162: FF-135-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 163: FF-14 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 186: FF-189-6 -- sambe],
[Item 187: FF-189-6-entry2 -- sambe],
[Item 190: FF-222-8 -- Shango],
[Item 200: FG-102-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 202: FG-104-20 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 208: FG-122-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 209: FG-13-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 215: FG-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 216: FG-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 217: FG-13-2-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 220: FG-13-5 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 222: FG-13-6-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 227: FG-152-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 235: FG-18-8 -- Faifai],
[Item 326: [unknown26] -- Nomoli],
[Item 252: GD-103-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 275: GE-222 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 289: GH-223-XXX -- Likely a Honh bell],
[Item 290: GH-223-XXX-entry2 -- Dril bu],
[Item 291: N-127 -- None specifically],
[Item 295: N-232 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 296: N-232-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 297: N-250 -- Punca (in Yagua)],
[Item 298: N-250-1 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a Apucuna@ (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 301: [unknown01] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 302: [unknown02] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 304: [unknown04] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 305: [unknown05] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan masks],
[Item 309: [unknown09] -- wa],
[Item 310: [unknown10] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 312: [unknown12] -- wik?ro or s?],
[Item 316: [unknown16] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan mask],
[Item 317: [unknown17] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 318: [unknown18] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 325: [unknown25] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 321: [unknown21] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 324: [unknown24] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[File cabinet 1],
[File cabinet 2],
[File cabinet 3],
[Box 1],
[Box 2],
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