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Model of a stupa in gilded bronze, hollowed out and containing four figures of Buddha .

Leather cap (bearskin or buckskin?) with silk ribbon, and beaded scalp-lock ornaments.

Sacrificial vessel in wood, four-sided square shape with concave sides and decorated with geometric carvings.

Tobacco pipe, used by Kaffirs. In Knight's manuscript (MS M106, 1840): 'Tobacco pipe and Segar Pipe of Steatite ... presented Augt 1821, by Mr Thom, African Missionary'.

Tobacco pipe, used by Kaffirs. In Knight's manuscript (MS M106, 1840): 'Tobacco pipe and Segar Pipe of Steatite ... presented Augt 1821, by Mr Thom, African Missionary'.

Harp with wooden frame, strings in 'tie-tie' and a gourd acting as resonator.

Bamboo quiver, covered with decorated leather and canvas, lid in strips of rattan. Contains 17 arrows with shafts in bamboo and barbed points in iron. 'Used by Fulahs' Reid (1912).

One of a collection of amulets, in leather.

One of five leather bags collected by James MacGrigor. This one has 3 tooled leather bosses on the front flap, and a long handle with a leather disc at each end, dyed black and red.