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Artifacts Collection: African (Sub-Saharan)

TMC REALIA 372 S9418MAS

AFRICAN (SUB-SAHARAN) CULTURES INVENTORY LIST

Consists of 4 boxes (pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4) and 2 bags (pt.5, pt.6)

Contents of Artifacts Collections may change slightly as materials are added or lost.


BOX Pt.1 Please return all items marked Pt.1 to this box.

Audiotapes (all in 1 pkg)

"Africa: The Nature Recordings Reference Series" Vol. VI
"Africa: Voices and Drums of Africa"
"African Music: Xylophones" / "Music of Africa: Uganda"
"Dancing Granny and Other Stories, The" 
"Rhythms of Africa"

Books

Teacher’s Manual
Why Misquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale (in tagboard binder)
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky; An African Folktale (in tagboard binder)

Realia

Ayo (Mankala) board game (board, directions, 40 wooden game pieces)
Elephant and giraffe hair samples (1 pkg)
Kenyan wood and leather drum
Musical bamboo shaker (Cameroons)
Round wooden stool (4 legs w/beaded animals inlaid on top) (East Africa?)
Turkana fertility doll (Kenya)
Woodcarving of human figures (South Tanzania & Mozambique)
Woodcarving of woman w/water jug (Kenya)
Woodcarvings of male and female head silhouettes (Nigeria)
Woodcarvings of male elders (2) (Kenya & Tanzania)

BOX Pt. 2 Please return all items marked Pt.2 to this box.

Books

Africa: Geography Mini Unit (Grades 3-6)
African Folktales
Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain
Galimoto
Jafta and the Wedding
Kaka Sungura (storybook in Swahili)
Kenya: a Multicultural Study to Celebrate Our Diversity (Grades K-3) 
Masomo Ya Msingi (language book in Swahili)
Nigeria: A Literature-Based Multicultural Unit (Grades 1-3)
No Feast for Kiundu
Recipes from the Kenya Coast
Spider and the Sky God: An Akan Legend
Tastes of Kenya (cookbook)
When Hippo was Hairy and Other Tales from Africa
Year in the Life: Elephant, A

Data Foldouts and Data Packs (in separate plastic envelopes)

Nigerian Art (14)
Bushman of the Kalahari (30 b/w)

Realia

African food and seasonings (7 bags in 1 pkg)
Allspice
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Cloves
Coconut
Lentils
Thyme
*Burkina Faso hat (green, yellow) (*all in 1 pkg)
*Dashiki (shirts)
*Geles (head wraps) (2)
*Ghana hat (orange)
West African ivory objects: human figure, bracelet, amulets (2) (1 pkg)
West African mask (Burkina Faso)
Woodcarvings: zebra, rhino, gazelle, & lion (1 pkg)
Wooden combs (2)
Wooden fork, spoon, and letter openers (2) (1 pkg)

Videos

Africa and Egypt
Shooting Africa (A Photo Safari Video) (30 min.)

BOX Pt. 3 Please return all items marked Pt.3 to this box.

Books

African Arts A Discovery Unit from TheField Museum of Natural History (blue
binder, clear cover)
African Life A Discovery Unit from The Field Museum of Natural History (blue
binder, clear cover)
African Odyssey: A Book of Exploration & Discovery (blue binder, clear cover)
The Art of West African Kingdoms (with 4 posters inside front cover)
Eyewitness Books: Africa
How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? and Other Tales
Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab
West Africa: Dye-Craft in the Classroom (blue binder, clear cover)
Zoobooks: Cheetah (blue binder, clear cover)

Magazines

Ranger Rick (blue binders, clear covers)
"Down the Wild Zambezi" (July 1991)
"Lunch is on Me" (June 1987)
Smithsonian (blue binder, clear cover)
"Hippos: Exploring the Amazing Sound System of the River Horses"
(March 1996)

Pictures (all in 1 pkg)

African animal pictures (14 small)
African Antelope (Greater Kudu)
Baboons
Black Rhino
Cape Buffalo
Cheetas
Defassa Waterbuck
Elephant
Elephants
Flamingoes
Giraffe
Gorilla
Hippopotamus
Wildebeast migration
Zebras
African people and place pictures (15 small)
Children in school (Nigeria, West Africa)
Children walking to school - Nigeria (West Africa)
Dancing for the dead (West Africa - Cameroons)
Marketplace in Nigeria (West Africa)
Masai woman of Kenya (East Africa)
Nigeria (West Africa)
Nigerian city of Ibadan (West Africa)
South African woman (old & new styles)
Turkana fisherman in Kenya (East Africa)
West African boy carrying food
West African clothing styles (2)
West African dancer (Guinea)
West African dancers (Ivory Coast)
Young Samburu warrior leads his herd (Kenya, East Africa)

Realia

African wooden ladle (Kenya)
Basket (Ekibo) (Uganda)
Fertility doll woodcarving (Ghana) (made by Ashante)
Mbira (thumb piano) (Central/East Africa)
Musical calabash (gourd) (Cameroons)
Musical gong and striker (Cameroons)
Turkana food/fat bowl
Uteo (winnowing basket) (Zanzibar) (model)
Wooden bowl (Kenya)

BOX Pt.4 Please return all items marked Pt.4 to this box.

Magazines

National Geographic (all bound in tagboard binders)
"Elephants: Out of Time, Out of Space" (May 1991)
*"Gathering of Waters and Wildlife, A" (December 1990) (in 1 binder)
"Ivory Coast: The African Success Story" (July 1982)
*"Modern Botswana, The Adopted Land" (December 1990)
"Ndebele of South Africa" (February 1986)
"Ndoki: Last Place on Earth" (July 1995)
*"Okavango Delta: Old Africa’s Last Refuge" (December 1990)
"Serengeti, The" (May 1986)

Realia

African wooden necklace (Kenya)
Hand drum (small) (Kenya)
Kenyan currency (4 bills, 5 coins)
Kenyan Masai herdsman with spear woodcarving
Kenyan woodcarving - elephant
Kenyan woodcarving - hippo
Kenyan wooden mask
Kitenge (man’s shirt) (authentic) (coastal area of Kenya)
Lappas (wrap-around skirts) (2), and large table cover for classroom decor (1 pkg)
Leso (Kanga) (woman’s wrap) (Tanzania/Kenya)
Miniature paper flags: Liberia & South Africa (1 pkg)
Piece of Nigerian cloth (authentic)
Pre-Colonial beaded lizard (Yoruba people - Nigeria)
Stuffed cheetah toy
Swahili Muslim man’s hat (white & tan) (Zanzibar)
Zambian wall hanging
Zimbabwe grass mat

BAG Pt.5 Please return all items marked Pt.5 to this bag.

Mounted Pictures

Lounging lions…(lion and cubs) (mounted, laminated)
West African Tye-dying (6) (mounted) (b/w photo prints) (Senegal, most
probably)
Cloth soaked in mixture and drained in basket
Dipping cloth in barrel of indigo
Student pounding koala nuts
Student sewing (2) (1, print dress & head covering; 1, white dress)
West African woman in Senegal

Posters (laminated)

Andinkra symbols (2)
"Endangered Species of Africa" / (info, reproducibles on back)
"People and Animals" / "Africa" (map)
"South Africa: Iwu! Hallo!" (children w/dog) / (info, reproducibles on back)
"Uganda" (2 children under umbrella) / (info, reproducibles on back)

BAG Pt.6 Please return all items marked Pt.6 to this bag.

Maps

"Africa" (info on back) (American Teaching Aids)
"Africa Threatened" / "Africa" (Nat’l. Geographic)
"Africa: Its Political Development / "Africa" (Nat’l. Geographic)
"Peoples of Africa, The" (mounted) (Nat’l Geographic)

Pictures

Collages of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)
Masai of Kenya
Samburu of Kenya, Ivory Coast, Malagasy Republic, and South Africa
Senegal
Set of 6 (color)
East Africa Turkana men (Kenya)
East African artifacts (gourds, etc.)
Masai herdsman (Kenya, East Africa)
Musicians in Burkina Faso (West Africa)
West African dancers (Ivory Coast)
Yoruba mask ceremony (Nigeria)

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