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Headcloth

Waist ornament

Loincloth
Cloak
Back skirt
Cloak

Initiation accessory

Porridge stirrer

Beer strainer (strainer (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))

Snuff horn
Nesting basket

Sample (rope & stringmaking)

Dyestuff

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Mats (general & multipurpose)

Ornament (personal adornment)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)
Sample (fibre)
Mat (general & multipurpose)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Headband (clothing: headwear)

Headband (clothing: headwear)

Snuff bottle

Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Bag (land transport: human powered)

Skirt
Necklace (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking); inqawa
Skirt

Skirt

Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Stage of manufacture (basketry); stage of manufacture (matmaking)
Stool (furniture); headrest

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

Collar (neck ornaments (personal adornment))
Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Waistband

Headband (head ornament)

Hat (clothing: headwear)

Skirt

Headband (clothing: headwear)

Anklet

Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Armlet (arm ornament)
Collection Information
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