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Jaguar Face
grey pottery head of a jaguar with decorative incisions
Jack reel. Wooden apparatus about a metre tall, consisting of a tray on three legs and a central column with metal gears. A large knob, from which project six long rods with handles at the end, is at the top of the column connected to the gears.
Jack reel or wool winder, in wood. Inscription (maker's name?) on top, carved into the wood. Slip catalogue and accessions book gives number (525+1) and donor (Margaret A Morris), plus following information: 1 Carder H:450mm B:350mm. But this part of…
Ivory cattle count - Dinka or Shilluk, Southern Sudan
Three pieces of ivory with holes punched at top and bottom, bound with plaited string (described as a 'bolas' in Museum's 'Slip Catalogue' and Accessions Book).
