Ghana
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Gold weight

Ceremonial stool
Lip plug
Lip plug

Gold weight

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Gold weight
Gold weights
Gold weights

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Mattock
Textile samples (samples (household miscellany))
Shirt (clothing: outerwear)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Gold weight

Gold weight

Gold weight

Gold weight

Gold dust spoon
Cutlass (agriculture & forestry)

Grinding bowl (mortar (food processing & storage))

Arm covering
Gold dust spoon

Gold dust scoop

Fish trap (no-return trap)
Hoe

Fish trap (trap (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Hoe
Hoe
Hoe
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Fishing net (net (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Fishing net (net (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Hoe

Oware board; stopper (containers)

Reed

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Gold weight

Gold weight

Gold weight

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Gold weight
Collection Information
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