Dried head of pearl millet, shaped like a bullrush, with of hundreds of small millet grains with brown casings. There is a short length of stalk still attached.
Carved wooden butter pot on four short squared legs. The main body of the pot is divided in the middle by a rounded horizontal band with burnt zigzag decoration above and below the band. Below the band there is a square handle on one side. Above the band the shape flares out. The burnt decorative lines continue over the flat rim at the top of the pot. There is a carved wooden stopper in the top of the pot with similar decoration, in the shape of a head rest.
Large bottle shaped gourd, wrapped around the bottom half with two handles made of plant fibre wrapped in hide. There is a hole in the top which has been reinforced with woven plant fibre around the rim. Notes made by the Powell-Cotton sisters suggest that the handle are for tying the gourd to a pole for churning.
Dried African bullfrog with all limbs, feet and head still attached. Although the frog is very round and broad in life, the dried body is shrivelled and thin. The jaw is wide and gaping. The back is a dark grey colour and the underside is yellow. The catalogue card records that this is a foodstuff that was sun dried, and would then cooked and eaten with butter and porridge.
Seed bag made from a beige, globular woolly birds nest, recorded as being the nest of a tit. The nest has been tied together at the top, and used to store small black castor oil seeds.
Black and white photograph showing a seated man who is weaving a very large basket of the type used for storing grain. Another basket can be seen on stilts in the background.