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Abakanye Heron Abampruwa or Adakawa Abirekyie Abosode Abosode Sword ornament representing a mudfish adwene or catfish pitire Abramoo Abramoo Geometrical shapes are not assigned an Akan Term Abramoo in the shape of a chest with iron bands around it Ches identified by Akan as Apemadaka Abramoo in the shape of a key Safoa Abramoo weight Abramoo weight Akoben Horn or Trumpet Abramoo weight Akoben Horn or Trumpet A Horn wigh human trophy jaws Abramoo weight Axe or Adze Akuma or Abonna Abramoo Weight Simple triangle identified as Odwense or Anansa Abramoo weight Star shpae known as Nsoroma Abromoo Ada Ogun Sword of Ogun In cult of Ogun Adwene Mutfish or Opitire Catfigh AEkyem Sheild Afafanto Butterfly 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 Akokonini Rooster Cock Akuma or Abonnua Axe Aloko nan Hen and Chicks Alokoba Chicken 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 Amula Ogun Ana A Scorpion Anini Python Anoma Bird Anoma Bird s Anomaa 0 Bird s Anomaa Bird s Aokoti Showing a pangolin or scaly backed anteater Aponkyerenee Frog Ararait Assegai Atare Spoon Bambri bamleke bangala mbili Bango or Bwagogambanza Betutu Binu or to be determined boloko okanu konga Btabsaoi Wisdom Knot Buruw Bwete Byeri Reliquary Head Chief Othene being held by a supporter Contingent on size Diako Dako small Ambi medium Ehuke large Batakataka very large diako Djonga Ilonga Gunga Do Society dubil flat dubil square duge Dwa Stool dwo Edan Efamba Efoo A Colobus Monkey ehuke Either Adwene Mudfish or Opitire Catfish Either Batafo Wild Boar or Prako Pig Either Odendyem or Denkyem Either Osebo Leopard attacking a hunter Either Osebo or Otwie or Okyem with Antelope Either Osevo or Otwi or Okyem Either Osono or Asono either Pitire A Scale less fish Ekoo Bushcow and Anomaa Bird or Oxpecker Elephant mask eloundja ilonga gunga ensuba Ewiri Ewu Orisha Oko Eyema o beri Famfa Scoop Fitine Fitine Fitinew plural Forowa Forowa Small oval gold dust container woman s Frog Aponkyerenee Gobo guinze Gwano or Humbwa handa Hogon Mounted Hogon Hunter putting gunpowder into barrel of gun idang If Tsogho known as Mokenge iku Ikul or Ikulimbaang Ilondo Ilonga Gunga Eloundja inconclusive to be determined Ingombe Ilede Cross Also called Aspas in Portuguese texts of the 16th to 17th centuries 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 Konga a generic title often used by varous Mongo sub groups to describe the large hammered copper alloy open rings used as currency kul keul Kyereye Heddle for loom Lagalagana Libaka Life cast of Locust Bebe Later attached to hairpin liganda dihunga ngebele medium size liganda doa Lisimbo Razor Lowre Lusimbo Razor M kissi M kissi n kissi plural Mamgeli Among tihe Azande and Boa mandjong mezong manilla Manyundo 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 Ndumo Ndo Negesotigiw Negemusow ngalio Ngongo Munene Name taken from masks beaten from pure copper in the past by the Dinga Nkuruwa Nnawuta No fixed name jother than the generic name for weights abramoo No fixed name other than the genergic name for weights abramoo No fixed name other than the generic name for weights Abramoo none not indicated not specified Nsania Nshaal Ntsoko Object with cord ties on four sides Ogboni Ceremonial Axe or Staff Onanka Onanka Horned Viper and Bird Onoudu onzil Opa Orere Opa Orere Osanyin Staff 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 Oprammire Orisha Oko Otwee Antelope Otwee Antelope with long horns Oware Gaming Board Papa A Queen Mother s Fan Papa Queen Morthers Fan Papa Queen Moter s Fan on Pyramid Pedestal Papa Queen Mother s Fan pikuran Pinga Po Po Portuguese Fuggar style purr purr Puyu A European Nest Container Pwo sai Seated Man Smoking Pipe With A Walking Stick Sengese Shoes and possibly sandals are identified as Tay Sie Specific name to be determined Ritual Gong Specific name to be determined Ritual Rattle Suman A charm Talisman magical amulet or protective device 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 determinted To be identified Torque trumbash mambele nambele dup Turtle Akyekyere Unidentified at this point Unknown Unknown however bracelets such as this are used in a healing or divinaton process known as Sando Unknown Sawfish Weight Abramoo Weight Abramoo Beetle Abooba Weight Abramoo Chicken Toakyiriefa Weight Abramoo Chicken with Cockroach in beak Weight Abramoo Geometrical shapes are not asssigned an Akan term Weight Abramoo Geometrical shapes not often assigned an Akan term or name Weight Abramoo Geometrical shapes not often assigned an Akan term or name I the case of the triangle one identification given is Anansa or Mfekuwa However these are not often used Weight Abramoo Geometrical shapes not often assigned an Akan term or name The ladder shaped motif on the weight could refer to the proverb that states Owuo atwedie baako nfo obiara bewu All men will climb the ladder of death Maning that no one escape Weight Abramoo Geometrical shapes not often assigned an Akan term or name This rectangular weight is based upon a pyramid form with four steps The second step has a decorated line around four sides 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 Weight in the shape of a serpent is generally identified as wowo However if a pythin is known as nini or if an adder as onaka anda a cobra as pramire Woman with baby on back and carying a basket filled with yams or plaintains

Culture of Origin:

Akan Akan Asante Akan Asante Fante Akan Asante Fante Akwapim et al Akan Asante Fante Denkyira Akwapim et al Akan Baule Akan or Gan or Senufo Asante Asante of fante 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 Benin Bobo Bobo or Bwa people British Bushoong ruling clan of the Kuba Chamba Chamba or Mumuye or 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 Early Upper Niger Delta 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 Fra Fra Fra Fra People Fulani Fulani Mossi or other peoples of the Sahel grasslands Fulani people Gan jor also known as Kaamba Singular Kan or Kaaba singular Kaa Gan or also know as Kaamba Singular Kan or Kaaba Singular Kaa Gan or also known as Kaamba Singular kan or Kaaba singular Kaa Gan or Senufo Grebo Gwosa Handa 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 Ingombe Ilede Chedzurgwe Cultural Complex Kamjuru Bageshu Kan Asante Fante Kinkomba Kabre Kotokou Lobi somba Kissi Bandi or Toma People Kissi Toma Koma or the Senufo Bamana Dogon or other western Sudanic people 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 Nkutshu or Tetela 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 Ligbe or Isamized Mande People 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 Kuba Luba or Kuba Luba or related Luba group Luba or Yeke people Lulua Luluwa Bena Luluwa Bena Moyo Madagoli mambila Mangbetu Mano or Geh People 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 Momvu This sickle knife shares similarities with knives from a number of neighboring groups This constellation of people live south of the Congo River and north of the Sankuru and Kasai Rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo A similar example is Mondjembo or Ndjembo Mongo 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 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 craft T 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 Ngbaka Mabo supb group 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 Nigeria Nigeria Various ethnic groups extending inland 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 Sango Shake or Tsogho Sara Sara Bongo Bagirmi Sara Daye Sara Tumak Madjingay Senufo Senufo Gan Senufo Gbato Senufo Senufo or Fra Fra Senufo possibly Gan Shamaye or Northern Obamba or Tsogho Shona Sisala Snufo 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 Various ethnic groups extending inland Various Mongo ethnicities Varous ethnic groups extending inland West Africa 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 Yansi People Yans Yanzie Ngul or Mbuun Yombe Yoruba Yoruba or Bini Yoruba Oyo Style Yoruba Southern region area of Oshagogo or Oyo region 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 Mbam region in the centre province of Cameroon 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 Kwilu River area Democratic Republic of Congo Located between the Congo and the Ubangi River Democratic Republic of Congo Shaba Province 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 Ghana or Ivory Coast Great Britain Ivor Coast Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ivory Coast and Mali Ivory Coast Burkina Fasco Ivory Coast Burkina Faso 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 Northern Ghana or Burkina Faso Ivory Coast or Burkina Faso Upper Volta Kenya Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 k Burkina Faso Mali Ivory Coast Northern Ghana et al Nigeria north Nigeria Northern Nigeria primarily Nigeria primarily Democratic Rebublic of Congo Nigeria primarily Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 Ghana Burkina Faso Northern Ghana Mali Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso Northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria or Cameroon 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 Spread through a large region including Democratic Republic of Congo Zambia Malawi Zimbabway and Mozanbique 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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