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features than the others. It has a hairstyle resembling an adorned bun that is decorated using real human hair. It has squinting eyes and thin black eyebrows. The nose is small and the lips are thin. There are 6 teeth within the mouth and a space where one appears to be missing. There is a small crack running up along the back of the mask with a small hole at the top of the skull. There is also a small notch in the front of the rim that goes along the bottom of the neck.Learn more about the Makonde

, April 28th, 2015 (Morken Room 103)1:40 pm - Welcome1:50 pm - Investigating the Effect Iron Oxide Deposition Time has on Porous Carbon Electrodes for the Development of Iron-Air Batteries Gregor Uvila, Senior Capstone Seminar New and improved battery technologies must be developed in order to meet the growing need to store energy from renewable energy sources. Porous carbon electrodes have shown promise in the development of batteries that have both higher energy densities and higher power densities

Ebbesmeyer. Ebbesmeyer is well-known for his study of “flotsametrics,” the travel and deposition of human debris as it circulates in the world’s oceans.  During his research, he named eleven oceanic gyres of currents covering 40% of the world’s oceans after the greatest sea explorers in history including the Columbus and Viking Gyres of the North Atlantic Ocean. For the Pacific he chose Thor Heyerdahl. In his lecture titled “Heyerdahl’s Gyre,” Ebbesmeyer will share observations and conclusions that are

Urhobo Water Masquerade Staff 1 Urhobo Water Masquerade Staff 1 Artist: Unknown Urhobo artist Name: Water Masquerade Staff Origin: Urhobo (Ue-ha-bow) people of Nigeria Made of: wood, pigment (chalk?) Dimensions: H: 25” (63.5cm); W: 3” (8cm) From: Gift of Dr. Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb, 2010 Accession no. 2010.02.007 Not presently on display Nigeria Description: A thin, wooden staff, carved from two pieces of dark brown wood and stained with a white-chalk like pigment. The female figure atop