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Indigenous name

Abramoo Abramoo Geometrical shapes are not assigned an Akan Term Abramoo weight Axe or Adze Akuma or Abonna Abromoo Ada Ogun Sword of Ogun In cult of Ogun afena Afena Ako Afena Afena Akofena Nsuafena Asomfofena Afenatene Agogo Ritual Bell Agogo Ritual Gong Ajara term of identification for twistede manilas modelled on the raffia bracelets worn by olk women Anderson Peek 2002 54 Ajara Term of identificaton for twisted manilas modelled on the rafia bracelets worn by old women Akan akika Ambroo Ambroo Nyansapo the Knot of Wisdom Associated proverb If you are weaving and the thread gets tangled you use both hands to untie it Even the wise man needs another s advice to solve a problem Among the Kota the axe knife with a short handle is identified as Osele and with a longer handle giving it a true axe like appearance is called Musele Among the Fang a throwing knife with a short handle is known as Onzil Also identified as Calao the Ararait Assegai Atare Spoon Bambri bamleke bangala mbili Bango or Bwagogambanza Betutu boloko okanu konga Buruw Bwete Byeri Reliquary Head Contingent on size Diako Dako small Ambi medium Ehuke large Batakataka very large diako Djonga Ilonga Gunga dubil flat dubil square duge dwo Edan Efamba ehuke Elephant mask eloundja ilonga gunga ensuba Ewu Orisha Oko Eyema o beri Famfa Scoop Fitine Fitine Fitinew plural Forowa Gobo guinze Gwano or Humbwa handa Hogon Mounted Hogon idang iku Ikul or Ikulimbaang Ilondo Ilonga Gunga Eloundja inconclusive to be determined iwenga kundja Karna Wemba Mask kasuyu zappozap Khanjar Jambiya or djambas in many areas of the Arab world Kibiki or to be determined based upon ritual or functional use konga kul keul Lagalagana Libaka liganda dihunga ngebele medium size liganda doa Lisimbo Razor Lowre M kissi M kissi n kissi plural Male figures known as Negesotigiw literally the iron masters of the horses and female ireon figures as Negemusow literally the iron women Mamgeli Among tihe Azande and Boa mandjong mezong manilla manzhi Mask representing culture hero and ancestor Sachihongo mberembere Mbulu Ngulu Mivi Mivi or Betutu miya bo nga til miya bo ngeegue Mokenge moko ndo ngbangba undo ondo NA ngalio Ngongo Munene Name taken from masks beaten from pure copper in the past by the Dinga none not indicated not specified Nsania Nshaal Ntsoko onzil Opa Orere Opa Osanyin Opa Osanyin or Opa Erinle Opa Osanyin Staff for Osanyin the deity of herbal healers Opa Osanyin Staff for Osayin the diety of herbal healers Orisha Oko pikuran Pinga purr purr Pwo sai Sengese Sie Specific name to be determined Ritual Gong Specific name to be determined Ritual Rattle tajere TBA Thangba Khal among th Lobi to be determined To be determined as to local names based on ethnic grouping To be determined but may be known as Agogo name of a gong that is beaten To be determined for 2003.11 and 2003.11a To be identified Torque trumbash mambele nambele dup Unidentified at this point Unknown Weight Abramoo Chicken Toakyiriefa Weight Abramoo Chicken with Cockroach in beak Weight Abramoo Great hornbill bird Onwam Weight Abramoo in the shape similar to a textile pattern from northern Ghana known as Nsaa Weight Abramoo No appoximate Akan identity Weight Abramoo Simple triangle identified as Odwense Weight Abramoo Square Knot Anyansapo Weight Abramoo Turtle Akyekyere Weight Abramoo Two Birds Anomaa Weight Abramoo Unnamed

Culture of Origin

Akan Akan Asante Fante Akan Asante Fante Akwapim et al Akan Baule Asante Bafia Bafia Some possibility of being Kirdi Baman Bambara Bamana Bamana Bambara Bamileke Bamileke Kingdom Bamum Bamun Banda Yakpa Bankutu Bushango Nkutu Nkutshu Bateke Baule Benge or Boa Angba and possibly Zande or Yakoma Bobo Bobo or Bwa people British Bushoong ruling clan of the Kuba Chamba Chokwe Chokwe or Lwena Luvale Cokwe but also includes the Ovimbundu Lunda Lwena Luvala Mbwela and Imbangala Congo Kongo Congo or Songe Peoples Culture of Origin Niger Delta and the Cross River Region perhaps early Igbo Ijo Isoko Ibibbio or Ogoni people The copper alloy works are in fact stylistically located to a shrine and town rather than to single ethnic group Numbers of copper alloy bra Dakas Ding Dinka or Dinga Dogon Eastern Sudan to be determined Ekonda or Konda Fali or Mofu Kirdi Fang Fang Northern Fang Ntumu sub style Fang Ntumu Sub group Northern Fang Fang People Possibly from the Ntumu a northern Fang sub group Found in a number of regions in Africa Fulani Fulani Mossi or other peoples of the Sahel grasslands Fulani people Grebo Gwosa Ibo Identified to the Lower Niger River Bronze Industry in the region of the present day Isoko people of the Niger River delta region Some arguments made that there may also be an origin among the Igbo of the region Idoma Igbo Ijebu Yoruba Ingessana Kamjuru Bageshu Kan Asante Fante Kinkomba Kabre Kotokou Lobi somba Kissi Bandi or Toma People Kissi Toma Konda Konda could also be from the Kondu the larger neighbor of the Konda Konda Kondu or Senegle or Saka Kota Kota and Pang and possibly the Mpongwe Kota Mahongwe Osseyba Kotoko Ksu Nkutshu or Tetela Kuba Kuba or related group Kuba or related group Kondo Kuba Tetla Nkutshu Kulango and possibly Mossi See also Acc No 2005.113 Kulango and possibly Mossi This finely worked figure is difficult to locate to a specific people or tradition It was originally identified as coming from among the Bobo people of Burkina Faso and the town or region of Tomia Bronze sculptures from thi Kusu Kumu Kusu Tetela Mongo There is some confusion in attribution as the Kusu are part of a greater constellation of peoples known as the Mongo During their migrations from the northern regions of the Congo River basin they came into contact with the Songye L Kwele Lobi Lokele Turumba Topoke Lower Niger River Bronze Industry located among the present day Isoko or Urhobo people of the Niger River delta region Lower NIger River Bronze Industry located among the present day Isoko orUrhobo people of the NIger River Luba Luba Katanga Luba or related Luba group Lulua Luluwa Bena Luluwa Bena Moyo Madagoli mambila Mangbetu Margi Margi Matakam Matakam Matakam et al Matakam Fal i Dikwa Kapsiki Matakam Fali Dikwa Kapsiki Matakam Kirdi Matakam Kirdi Dikwa Matakam or Kapsiki Mbole Mbole Jonga Nkutshu Mongo Mbole Njonge Jonga Nkutshu Mongo Mbole Topoke Lokele Mbunda Ovimbudu Chokwe Mfumte Mambila Mfunte or Mambila Mkukhu Moba Mondjembo or Ndjembo Mongo Dealer identified this in error as Ngombe Mongo Ekonda or Konda Kundu Mongo Ekonda or Konda Kundu or Saka Part of a greater grouping of differing peoples known as the Mongo the Konda who number approximately 200 0 live in an area of mixed influences and stylistic and technical absorption of shared Mongo culture and Mongo Ekonda or Konda Kundu Part of a larger grouping of differing peoples known as the Mongo the Konda who number approximately 20 0 live in an area of mixed influences and stylistic and technical absorption of shared Mongo culture and Kundu cra Mongo Konda Ekota Kutu Mongo Mbeli Mossi Moshi Most probably the Southern Mbala but also found among a number of Kuba sub groups including the Lele and others in the Kwilu region in the Congo Mumuye Natakam Kirdi Dikwa Ngbaka Bwaka Ngbaka Lobelle Ngbala Lobelle Ngbandi Ngelima Ngombe Ngoni Niger Delta Niger Delta and the Cross River Region perhaps early Igbo Ijo Isoko Ibibbio or Ogoni people The copper alloy works are in fact stylistically located to a shrine and town rather than to single ethnic group Numbers of copper alloy bracelets manilas tor Nkutshu Banktu Ndengese Nkutshu Kusu Telela Mongo Nkutshu Telela non specified Possibly Chamba not indicated Nsapo Songye number of different peoples of Northern Nigeria Nzakara and shared by a number of peoples in the region Nzombo Omani Arabs Ongo Ekonda or Konda Kundu Pende or Yansi Pende Style Poto Sara Sara Bongo Bagirmi Sara Daye Sara Tumak Madjingay Senufo Senufo Gbato Senufo Senufo possibly Gan Shamaye or Northern Obamba or Tsogho Shona Sisala Songe Songye Southern Central Yoruba Area Teke Mfinu Kuyu Mbochi Tiv Tiv Chamba To be determined Tuareg Turkana Turkana Acholi Bari Dasanech Murle Nyangatom and Pokot Tusyan Toussian Unidentified Unidentified but located to West Africa Unidentified people Unidentified people of the agricultural region of Northern Nigeria Unknown possibly West African Unknown Western Sudan People West Africa Senufo Yaka The Yaka number about 300 0 and live along the Wamba River in the center of the great Congo river system Yombe Yoruba Yoruba or Bini Yoruba Oyo Style Zande Azande Zaramo Ziba or Hiya

Country

Angola Angola Zambia Angola Zambia Democratic Republic of Congo Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Burkina Faso previously Upper Volta Burkino Faso Ghana and Benin Cameron and Nigeria Cameroon Cameroon Chad Cameroon Nigeria Cameroon north Central African Republic Chad Chad 1999.2.35 identified as Cameroon This example seems to be more located in Chad among the Sara people Chad Cameroon Cross River Region Nigeria Democratic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Along the Lualaba River Democratic Republic of Congo Between the Lomani and Sankuru Rivers Democratic Republic of Congo Located between the Congo and the Ubangi River Democratic Republic of the Congo Emigrating from the Sudan the Zande presently live on the banks of the Uele River in the northern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo Gabon Gabon and Southern Cameroon Gabon Cameroon Ghana Ghana Burkina Faso Mali Ghana Burkina Faso Togo Ghana Ivory Coast Great Britain Ivory Coast Ivory Coast and Mali Ivory Coast burkina Faso and Mali Ivory Coast burkina Faso Mali and northern Ghana Ivory Coast Cote d Ivoire Ivory Coast Cote d Ivory Ivory Coast Coted d Ivoire Ivory Coast Mali Ivory Coast Mali and JBurkina Faso Ivory Coast or Burkina Faso Upper Volta Kenya Liberia Mali Mali Burkina Faso Mali burkina faso Northern Ghana and Ivory Coast Mandara mountain region of northern Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria Morocco Nambia Namibia Niger Mali Nigeria Nigeria Benin Nigeria Chad Cameroon Nigeria north Nigeria Northern Nigerial North Cameroon North East region of the Domocratic Republic of Congo North West Cameroon Northern Cameroon Northern cameroon South of Lake Chad Northern Ghana Northern Nigeria Oman Republic of the Congo Saharan to East Africa Probably northwest Sudan Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Sirra Leone Guinea Liberia Southern region of the Central African Republic bordering on the Democratic of Congo Sudan Tanzania Togo Burkina Faso and Northern Ghana Uganda Unknown West Africa West and Central Afric West Atlantic Region including Liberia Sierra Leone Ivory Coast and Guinea Zimbabwe Zimbabwe and Southern Mozambique

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