Armlet
This ornamental armlet is made from carved wood. It was worn by Haussa Muslims in West Africa.
Armlet
This ornamental armlet is made from carved wood. It was worn by Haussa Muslims in West Africa.
Armlet
This ornamental armlet is made from carved wood. It was worn by Haussa Muslims in West Africa.
Armlet
This ornamental armlet is made of pale green glass. It was worn by Haussa Muslims in West Africa.
Bag
Beige leather bag, probably Haussa, West Africa, with a drawstring top. The bag has brown and green leather decoration, with tassles one third of the way from the bottom.
Basket
Large Haussa basket, from West Africa, with a lid. The basket has a globular shaped body with black, brown and natural bands of colour.
Basket
This basket was made by the Haussa people of West Africa. It is woven from natural and coloured plant fibres in black, brown and green.
Bow
Long Haussa bow from Northern Nigeria, made from natural wood with a cord string. The bow is strung.
Bowl
A large Haussa bowl, from West Africa, made of plaited basketry. The basket has a rounded base with brown, green, gold, purple and natural bands of colour.
Bowl
A large Haussa bowl, from West Africa, made of plaited basketry. The basket has a rounded base with brown, green, gold, purple, black and white and natural bands of colour.
Bowl
Haussa basket work, in the form of a shallow basketry bowl, from the Hinterlands, Cameroon. The basket has a natural colour and is unfinished.
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. ...
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 ...
Fly Whisk
This is a fly switch from the Haussa people of West Africa. It is made of black animal hair, attached to a brown leather handle with strap. The handle is decorated with an interlaced pattern. The animal ...
Haussa Sword
A flat bladed sword in a dark leather embossed scabbard with metal fittings. The sword has a simple straight leather crosspiece, large convex ricasso, and a straight handle with a large flat pommel. At ...
Mat
This is a mat or tray from the Haussa people of West Africa. It is made of spiralling bands of twisted coloured straw in yellow, black, green and purple. This is one of eight similar Haussa mats of various ...
Mat
This is a mat or tray from the Haussa people of West Africa. It is made of spiralling bands of twisted coloured straw in yellow, black, green and purple. This is one of eight similar Haussa mats of various ...
Mat
This is a mat or tray from the Haussa people of West Africa. It is made of spiralling bands of twisted coloured straw in black and gold. This is one of eight similar Haussa mats of various sizes in the ...