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weapons
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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