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02 JEWELRY FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA
05 BEADS & BEADWORKS
07 AFRICAN TRIBAL CURRENCIES
08 ARMS & TOOLS
09 Containers & Household Items
10 AFRICAN TEXTILES
13 Elements for jewellery design
14 UNDER CONSTRUCTION -POTERY & EARTH- & STONEWARE
19 AFRICAN TRIBAL ART
22 Antiques and excavations
29 REGIONAL GALLERIES
02.01 Rashaïda jewelry from the red sea
02.06 Ethiopian Christian art & crosses
05.11 Ghanaian recycled glass beads
07.01 The area of Guinea
07.02 South and Central Nigeria
07.03 North Eastern Nigeria & Cameroon
07.04 Currencies and throwing knifes Chad
07.05 Congo & Gabon
07.06 Non-Metal African Currencies
08.01 Throwing knives
09.01 Calabashes & Gourdes
10.07 Ghaneen Kente & Adinkra cloth
10.09 Weaving, Spinning, Dying Tools
13.02 indépendant brass elements
14.03 Pottery from the Hindukush
19.05 West African Brass Figurines
22.01 Sao Terracottas
29.01 West-, Central- & North Africa
29.02 East & South Africa
29.03 Horn of Africa
29.04 Arabic Peninsula & Middle East
Origin
Africa
Asia
Baltic Countries
Central and South America
Central Asia - Silk Road
East and South Africa
Europe
Far East
General
Golden Triangle
Hindukush/Himalaya
Horn of Africa & Arabic Peninsula
Indian Subcontinent
Near and Middle East
North Africa
North & South America
Not specified
Pacific Islands
West and Central Africa
Not specified
Volta Region
Sahelian region (Mali, Niger Burkina-Faso)
Inner delta of river Niger
Probably
or,
UAE
AFGHANISTAN
Africa
Argentina
North & South America
Asia
Baltic Countries
BANGLADESH
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
BENIN
Bhoutan/Nepal/Tibet
BOTSWANA
Central Asia - Silk Road
CAUCASUS
CONGO, BRAZZA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
CONGO KINSHASA
Switzerland
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Chile
CAMEROON
Cameroon Grassland
CHINA
COLOMBIA
ALGERIA
EGYPT
ERITREA
East and South Africa
ETHIOPIA
Europe
Far East
GABON
GHANA
GUINEA
Golden Triangle
Horn of Africa & Arabic Peninsula
Hindukush
HAITI
INDONESIA
INDIA
Indian Subcontinent
IRAQ
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
KENYA
KYRGYZSTAN
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KASAKHSTAN
LAOS
LEBANON
SRI LANKA
Liberia
LIBYA
MOROCCO
MADAGASCAR
MALI
MYANMAR
MONGOLIA
MAURITANIA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
NAMIBIA
North Africa
NIGER
NIGERIA
Near and Middle East
NEPAL
OMAN
Pacific Islands
Peru
Papua-New Guinea
PHILIPPINES
PAKISTAN
PALESTINE
Russia
RWANDA
SAUDI ARABIA
Sahara & Sahel
Central and South America
SUDAN
SIERRA LEONE
SENEGAL
SOMALIA
SOUTH SUDAN
SYRIA
CHAD
TOGO
THAILAND
TIBET
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TANZANIA,
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIET NAM
West and Central Africa
MULTIPLE /REGIONAL
YEMEN
SOUTH AFRICA
Material
Not specified
00 Composite
000 Tested
0000 Recycled material
1 Metal
1.2.1 High silver content - acid-tested
1.2.5 Silver/nickel or nickel/copper alloy
1.2.6 White metal, silver content not tested
1.2.7 Aloy with medium silver content
2 Mineral & Gems
2.10 Stone
2.11 Imitation and artificial gems
2.12 Not identified gem
2.13 Onyx / Jais
2.4.1 Etched / heated Carnelians
2.4.2 Carnelian imitations
3 Glass and Earth
3.3 Glass powder
4 Vegetal
4.1.4 Other amber imitations
4.2.1 Coral imitation
4.9 Various fibres
5 Animal
5.10 Pashmina
5.9 Silk
6.0 Bakelite and other formaldehyde resin
6.01 Parchment, Paper, Cardboard
6.2 Plastic
1.1 Gold
1.1.1 Gilded or gold foil on silver
1.10 Various metals and aloys
1.2 Silver
1.2.2 Silver 90 - 95%
1.2.3 Silver 85 to 90%
1.2.4 Aloy with poor silver content
1.5 Iron
1.6 Brass / bronze
1.7 Copper & copper aloy
1.8 Aluminium
1.9 Alloy of white metal
2.1 Turquoise
2.10 Amethyst
2.2 Lapis Lazuli
2.3 Jade
2.4 Carnelian
2.5 Various Quarz
2.6 Agate
2.7 Bauxite
2.8 Tourmaline
2.9 Granite & Gneiss
3.1 Glass
3.2 Ceramics and Faience
3.3 Terracotta
3.4 Clay; Pottery
4.1 Resin
4.1.1 Amber
4.1.2 Copal
4.1.3 Amber imitations / phenolic resin
4.2 Coral
4.3 Wood
4.3.1 Bark
4.4 Nuts, seeds, etc.
4.5 Gourds, calabashes
4.6 Bamboo
4.7 Palmacea, Raffia, etc.
4.8 Cotton
5.1 Ivory
5.10 Other animal products
5.2 Pearls
5.3 Shells, coweries
5.4 Bones and horns
5.5 Leather & skins
5.6 Teets, claws
5.7 Wool
5.8 Cashmeere
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Excellent doc to deine ethnic origin of throwing knifes
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Pottery in the Swat valley
Precolonial iron money in Chad
Qui sont les Sao
Rashaïda women
Copied from Carol Beckwirth's "frican Ark"
Rene Dognin Des calebasses et des vaches
Rene Dognin; Des calebasses et des vaches
Excellent documentation on Fulani calabashes from Northern Cameroon
Sao Civilization of Africa, [Chad]. | HisTruePedia
Short description of the origin of Sao potery and metalwork
Signification de la céramique Sao
The Ancient Sao Civilization in Central Africa
Based on http://www.ancient-origins.net/
The Artistry of African Currency
https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/site/
The egyptian Ankh
From : One Light Many Windows
https://culturalsymbolism.wordpress.com/tag/cross-symbols/
The Ethiopian cross
The iron currencies of Southern Cameroon JANE I. GUYER
The symbolic language of Ethiopian crosses
maria Evangelatu; 2013 Hawaii University
