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Human figures
Human figures 1
Human figures 2
Human figures 3
Human figures 4
Human figures 5 (pairs)
Goatman and others
Horseman
Animals
Birds
Birds with fruit, cockroach, watering place
Cockerel, head of cockerel, knotted cockerel heads
Birds on a tree or pole
With snake
With cage
Bird traps
On rostrum
Looking backwards
Hornbills and others
Incomplete and other, canonbird
Small bird out of wood
Four-legged
Antelopes
Bushbuck
Reedbuck
Buffalo
Elephant, porcupine
Leopard
Crocodiles
Uncertain identification
Fish
Mythical animals and fins
flat fishes
Sawfish
Catfish
Snakes
Chameleon, frogs, tortoises, scorpions
Household articles
Drums and ding dongs
Axes
Cutlasses, hoes and a plyer
Bellows, hammers
Oil lamps, Ovare games
Chairs, stools, backrests
Sandals
Fans
Various Fans
Elephant tail wisk
Knots and strainers
Wisdom knots
Bundles of Strings
Items similar to knots
Strainers
Boxes
cast boxes and lids
small tin boxes
Kuduus and other containers
Sheanut Butter Containers
Blowpans, Spoons, 1 Plyer and Scales
Weapons
Flintlock muskets
Ammunition belts
Canons and others
Swords
Daggers
Shields
Horns
Casts after nature
Fruits, seeds and unidentified objects
Fruits, seeds and one foot of a chicken
Fruits
Crabs and 1 locust
Snail and 1 fish
Beetles
Unidentified and unclassified weights
Goldweights as room decoration
Geometric 1
A Round
B Barpattern
C “Letters”
Geometric 2
D One-sided combpatterns
E Double-sided combpatterns
Geometric 3
F Crosses
J Pyramids
K Swastikas
P Triangles
Geometric 4
G Miscellaneous long, slim patterns
H Deeply engraved (primarily triangles)
I Large points/circles etc.
L Small compact weights
M Large and larger
N Various, primarily small weights
O Various, partly large weights
Geometric 5
Q Various ornamental triangles and polygonal and others (composed)
R Elongated with surrounding patterns,
S With small circles and without pattern and others
T Fragments, unidentified and 1 arabic weight
U Various sizes, different patterns
V Various rectangular patterns
W Weights adjusted with lead
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Bird traps
Posted on
October 10, 2011
by
Rainer
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