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fork
Fork, in dark brown wood, with 4 tines and relief decoration of impressed triangles.
spatula lime.spatula
Wooden folding ruler (with brass hinge) adapted for use as a betel-lime spatula
comb
Wooden comb, decorated with glass beads, colours: red, blue and white. Reid (1912): 'Worn by chief.'
face.ornament
Decorted with jacquirity seeds set in resin, pigs' teeth and shell beads. Shape: double cross.
breast.ornament
Breast ornament, made of segments of melo shell, with string for suspension in matted vegetable fibre decorated with pieces of shell.
forehead.ornament headdress
A band of plaited vegetable fibre decorated with shells, seeds and beads.
arrow
Arrow-head decoration: carved (anthropomorphic) & painted (black & white). Bamboo shaft, red twine.
mace club
Cylindrical shaped head, in stone, with 7 spikes. Mounted on a wooden shaft, topped with basket-work and red and green feathers.
image symbol sceptre
Seated human figure in brass above a hook-shaped iron handle. Symbol of a Yoruba chief.
armlet
Wood, inlaid with brass wire.