Cooking Pot
A small circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, with an out-turned rim and rounded base made of black coloured ceramic. The pot has one handle and a moulded band of dots on the exterior.
Cowrie Shell Disc
This is a cowrie shell disc from Nigeria. It is made of a large basketry disc with cowries attached in a spiral. The disk is said to be 'the price of a wife', and it may be part of a Haussa bride's trousseau. ...
Crossbow
A dark wooden crossbow, probably made by the Fang from Gabon. It has a long wooden handle which has a square hole through which the curved support fits. There is some finely carved 'feathering' on the ...
Cup
A two handled, Tunisian cup or bowl, with a tall pedestal base. The cup has an orange clay base and interior and a cream exterior with painted decoration of dark straight and wavy lines.
Cup
A two handled, Tunisian cup or bowl, with a tall pedestal base. The cup has an orange clay base and interior and a cream exterior.
Cup
An ancient Egyptian cup or vase, from Nubia, with two handles. The vessel is made from a pale beige fabric with the rim flaring from a rounded body. There is brown staining near the rim.
Cup
A Tunisian two handled cup or bowl, made from orange clay. The bowl has a cream exterior with painted decoration featuring a bird and a fish.
Dagger
A metal ornamental West African dagger, from Nigeria, with a leather sheath incorporating a loop for carrying. There is stamped decoration on the sheath and incised decoration on the knife.
Dagger
An ornamental Haussa dagger, from Nigeria, with a metal blade and a wooden handle. The handle is decorated with green and black interwoven leatherwork and the sheath is decorated with black and green ...
Dagger
A straight metal bladed knife with a red leather sheath. There is a white and blue leather interlace pattern on the hilt and sheath, and leather covering the wooden handle, which has concave sides. The ...
Dagger
A straight metal bladed knife with a red leather sheath. There is a white and black leather interlace pattern on the hilt and sheath, and a leather covered wooden handle with concave sides. A leather ...
Dagger
An ornamental Haussa dagger, from Nigeria, with a metal blade and wooden handle decorated by green and black interwoven leatherwork. The sheath is decorated by black and green leather bands and has a ...
Dagger
This dagger is from West Africa. It has a curved metal blade and a wooden handle.
Dagger
This is a dagger from West Africa. It has a metal blade and a wooden handle with a decorative haft. The dagger may originally have had a sheath.
Dancing Mask
A carved wooden dancing mask from French Dahomey, Republic of Benin. It has carved and painted features, with two holes for eyes and black hair. The upper lip has been chipped.
Dish
An Ancient Egyptian bowl or dish, from Nubia, which has been broken and is currently in two halves. The vessel is circular with a rounded base and has a body, which narrows at a sharp angle approximately ...
Dish
A small Ancient Egyptian earthenware dish. The dish is beige-orange in colour, circular in shape and is on a low pedestal foot.
Dish
A small ancient Egyptian earthenware dish, from Nubia. The dish is beige-orange in colour, circular in shape and is on a low pedestal foot.