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Same design as 1998.38.2 except with a mark on forehead.

Mask-like face with coiled stubby coirfure; stylized face with eyebrows from end to end; half-closed eyes partially cut out; nose composed of 1/4 curved lines; closed mouth; 5 facial appendices

Semi-abstract figure of a woman with oval shaped head approximately 7.5" H x 6" W; body in shape of stylized crucifix with representation of breasts in shape of wide-edged U (U); lower portion of figure flares from 1.5" width to approximately 5.5"…

Plainly carved scoop and handle with closed hand at top of handle; 7" scoop is roughly carved; great attention paid to carving of hand

Heavy variegated wood head and torso, roughly carved and unpolished; long head with broad oval eyes, wide nose and fleshy lips; medicine bottle on thick cord carved in relief around neck; arms are close to the body with the proper left arm crossing…

Figure stands tall and thin on small 1/4" high base (unbalanced); very high conical coiffure accented by 3 horizontal rows of wire wound around the cone which is topped by 2 plumes of feather; facial features are broad and shallowly carved and face…

Object is adorned with a janus-headed finial; figure of part human, part animal heads that share the same neck; each figure has two long ears or antlers and flat faces with round eyes; body is not decorated; a 13" long fiber cord loops through a hole…

Very simply decorated spoon with a long 9 7/8" scoop and thick short neck (2 1/4" H x 1/4" D) topped by a -shaped handle, probably representative of a human head; the front of the handle is decorated with shallowly carved long curved lines with a…

Woven oval box. Traditional common item for trade by banter (Old Timbuktu) Dogon Mali.