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Toro

Wooden , anthropomorphic, Rafia wicker work behind Old card gives legend as- “Kahoita or Waizikza was an ogre who went about eating children. The ogre dressed in dried banana leaves and a mask-then became a sort of mumming show”(1942)

Mallet to Castrate Calves, Sheep, Goat and Donkeys [karamojong]

Mallet Enyudu Wooden; most woods used. Carved to form cutting edge; used to castrate sheep, goats, calves and donkeys. Animal is laid on back, testicles localized within scrotum by two sticks and then pounded. Calves castrated after about 18 months and goats and rams after 12 months

Masks & Figures

Items from the Uganda Museum catalogue classified as Masks & Figures.