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Nkisi Nkonde (nail fetish); a fetish figure in wood; the surface is covered with a variety of accoutrements: nails, reed, shells, bone, wood, string and clay; the 'magic' receptacle in the abdominal area bears a mirror

Power figure, early 20th century

Kongo

G250

Nude seated female figure with child in lap. Band above figure's breats. Wearing a necklace with six teeth and a coiled bead. Fiber band around base.

Figure, 20th century

Yombe

G250

Yet Belt, leather, shells, beads, twine, Zaire, Kuba Tribe

Royal belt, mid 20th century

Kuba

Not on View
vessel with handle, surmounted by female head; opening of vessel is through top of figure's headdress; surface has glossy appearance; dark clay body

Vessel, 1930

Mangbetu

G236

knit brow, upper eyelid overhanging thin slit eyes, dark vertical smears on the cheeks; half-open mouth with one row of filed teeth; smooth face; traces of kaolin at the teeth, the hairline and around the nose; black, smooth, vertical crescent-shaped coiffure; black stripe down the forehead and on the eyebrows; red color on the lips; hole in each ear; hole at top of coiffure on each side (2nd hole on PR side)

Mask, late 19th century

Yombe

G250

wood slit drum- "V" designs carved along edges of sides; diamond design at end of slit; four curved legs; barrel shape extensions on ends

Slit gong, about 1940

Lobala

G254

standing figure holding Christ child who sits on a book (?) in saint's PL hand; saint holds cross in PR hand; figure wears a robe with a wide collar, tied with a twisted belt, and sandals

Toni Malau (St. Anthony), late 18th-early 19th century

Kongo

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male figure; wood, horn, brass tacks, metalwork, glass, beads, fiber and leather

Power figure, c. 1900

Songye

Not on View
ritual divination object in the form of an elephant

Itwomba, 19th-20th century

Kuba

Not on View

Initiation mask, 20th century

Suku

G254

crescent shaped headrest atop a house with four post legs; all on a rectangular base

Headrest, c. 1880

Yaka

Not on View
comb with 3 teeth topped with 2 faces; one on top of the other; each face has closed eyes and large, protruding turned-up nose

Comb, mid 20th century

Yaka

G254

asexual figurine standing with legs apart on a rectangular base with compacted masses of symbolic ingredients inlaid with cowrie shells on the abdomen and head; tukula encrustations and area of glossy patina

Standing Figure, 19th century

Yombe

G250

seated female figure holding a vessel, Kabila figure

Figure, c. 1900

Luba

G250

standing male figure with long pointed face; hands on stomach; short beard

Male Ancestor Figure, 20th century

Hemba

Not on View
abstracted seated figure with knees drawn up to chest and elbows hovering above knees, chin resting on hands

Seated Male Shaman Figure, 20th century

Nsapo

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standing female figure wearing tan and black patterned loincloth, coiled neck rings and earrings and holding breasts in hands; waxy brown patina

Female Figure, early 20th century

Vili

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standing male with feet slightly apart and hands on stomach at sides; round face with large eyes and long nose; beard and protruding Adam's apple

Male Figure, 19th-20th century

Hemba

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natural tan hat with long tan tasseled fringe around brim; two black stripes circle cap; round in shape

Hat, 1940

Kuba

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predominantly tan with red, yellow, black, and green accent colors; surface decorated with geometric designs including diamonds and zigzags; constructed of single panel; edges are hemmed

Panel, mid 20th century

Kuba

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tan panel decorated with geometric tan and brown pattern; edges of panel are hemmed; geometric pattern is slightly raised

Panel, 1st half of 20th century

Shoowa Kuba

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tan and black panel decorated with geometric pattern; hemmed along edges; geometric pattern is slightly raised

Panel, 1st half of 20th century

Shoowa Kuba

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geometric tan and brown pattern; surface pattern map shorn; diamond patterns alternate shorn and flat surface

Panel, 1st half of 20th century

Shoowa Kuba

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unfinished panel; medium tan ground with light tan and dark brown pile fibers and flat stitching; geometric patterns with grids inside rectangles, bordered by linear bands; received framed, unglazed

Panel, mid 20th century

Kuba

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light tan ground stitched with dark brown overall with a few appliqué pieces; linear and circular geometric elements overall; received mounted

Panel, mid 20th century

Kuba

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two images printed in color on one sheet; left image: view inside a crevice in a rocky landscape; young black man in LLQ carrying a large bundle behind his neck, with a child behind him; other figures in the far distance at top center, with many stacks of bundles; right image: intensely-colored image of two zebras in foreground facing one another, each with their heads resting on the other's upper back; snow-covered mountain peak at center background; red flowers in foreground; tree branches with pink flowers at top

%C2%A9 Sammy Baloji

Raccord #5, Mine à ciel ouvert noyée de Banfora, 2011

Sammy Baloji

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Snake carved in relief coiling around center of shaft; open diamond on top supporting a head with a long hairstyle and a long neck and wearing a small cap

Staff, 19th-20th Century

Pende

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Short cylindrical top with geometric designs and faces; two bulbs on shaft; shaft decorated with flowers and geometric designs; sharp point at bottom

Staff, 19th-20th century

Kongo

Not on View

Vase, 20th century

Teke

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Straight staff with standing male figure on top, hands held to his chest

Staff, 19th-20th century

Yaka

Not on View
Staff with standing female figure with hands on stomach in wood black base

Staff, 19th century

Pende

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bi-colored black and white male figure with explicit sexual attributes; standing on square base; very light wood

Male Figure, one of a pair, 1900-1925

Yombe

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Powder Flask, carved wood with black stand

Gunpowder Flask, 20th century

Beembe

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Brass male figure in shape of crucifix with arms extended up and at an angle; hole through each hand and through top foot

Crucifix, 19th century

Kongo

Not on View

Ngongo Munene Mask, late 19th century

Dzing

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ceramic storage vessel

Jar, 20th century

Songye

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Vase, 20th century

Ngbandi

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Figures with Red Drum, 20th century

Ilunga N.T.

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Power Figure, 20th century

Lwena

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Vase, 20th century

Teke

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Shaft decorated with five sections of coiled copper wire and rows of brass tacks; topped with a head with a long hairstyle, decorated with tacks and wearing a small hat

Staff, 19th-20th century

Ambundu

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dance mask, Zaire, Tshokweized Lunda Cluster

Po Mask, late 19th-early 20th century

Lwena

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Dance Mask, (Zaire-Kifwebe Association, Songye Tribe); NO PHOTO ON CAT. CARD

Kifwebe Mask, 19th century

Beniki Master

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wood handle; ornate metal blade, two arches at top; two diamond-shaped holes near middle; four sets of C-shaped protrusions on either side, above and below holes

Short Sword, 1920-1960

Konda

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two-pointed blade, straight point at center, curved point at back, two protrusions at back of blade, handle wrapped with cloth and rope

Throwing knife, early 20th century

Ngbaka

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Funerailles, 20th century

Pilipili

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Arms and Armor-Edged Weapon

Short Sword, 20th century

Ngala or Ngata

Not on View
two vertical blades, each with two horizontal arches at top; wood handle; blades form open rectangle

Short Sword, early to mid 20th century

Konda Mongo

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Wood axe with knob handle; broken at bottom and repaired with wire

Sickle Weapon, early to mid 20th century

Kuba

Not on View
Standing female figure with long hair; scarifications on face, breasts and stomach; hands on stomach; hole in PR foot for attachment to mount

Female Figure, early 20th century

Tabwa

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scepter topped by a head on a long notched neck of hexagonal section; egg-shaped face with raised scarification on forehead and temples; incised checkerboard coiffure with two carved horns located just above center; reddish brown with a glossy patina

Scepter, late 19th century

Tabwa

Not on View
red face, white nose and mouth and long horns on top of head; raffia around sides of head and chin

Mbambi Mask, 20th century

Pende

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Round with opening in back and protruding rectangular elements on outer edge; incised geometric designs with rows of zigzags and crosshatching alternating with football shape inside a crosshatched rectangle surrounded by alternating bands of diagonal lines and bands with two rows of dots

Chief's Collar, c. 1880

Teke

Not on View

Nkisi, 20th century

Songye

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spherical gourd topped by wooden half figure; symbolic objects hung about waist; has own mount; organic material stuffed in ears and inside antelope horn

Power Figure, 20th century

Luba

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man standing with arm at sides holding a large knife in right and cylindrical object in left; decoratively carved stomach; ivory inset eyes

Ancestor figure, early 20th century

Beembe

Not on View
egg-shaped cup with six legs on dome base; three carved bands of small rectangles at top of cup; carved diamond shapes on body

Palm Wine Cup, 19th century

Kuba

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blade three openings on bottom half, asymmetrical decoration, including vertical indentation on one side and incised design around openings, metal bands wrapped around handle

Sword, early 20th century

Yakoma Ngbandi

Not on View

Bowl, 20th century

Havu

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thin slits for eyes and mouth; three circular depressions, one on forehead, others on either cheek; raffia net covering back of head and neck; small ears pierced with metal rings

Mwana Pwo Mask, 20th century

Chokwe

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bichrome puppet with straight arms and legs, incised decoration on torso and hands, arms and legs move when central string between legs is pulled

Divination Puppet, early 20th century

Zande

Not on View

Staff, 20th century

Luba

Not on View
crescent resting on two posts; posts standing on rectangular base; bands of tacks on top of crescent; bands of metal wrapped around posts; incised lines decorating top of crescent and sides of base

Headrest, 19th century

Luba

Not on View
blade tear-drop shape above thin vertical section and small diamond shape, handle rounded at bottom

Short Sword, early 20th century

Luba

Not on View
two female figures facing each other and embracing; string of red beads around feet of one figure and around neck of the other

Headrest, c. 1880

Luba

Not on View
Oval-shaped basket with domed, slightly pointed cover; decorated with knots of fiber in an overall triangle and diamond pattern in dark, light and medium shades

Covered Basket, 20th century

Kuba

Not on View
shield-shaped blade, small arched blade above handle (curves backwards), copper wire wrapped around top and bottom of handle

Short Sword, 1920-1940

Nkutshu

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standing female figure with heavy feet wearing a helmet-shaped hat and shirt, both patterned with carved rows of triangles; bent elbows and hands on stomach; attached to wood mount

Figure, early-to-mid 20th century

Chokwe

Not on View
Wide-rimmed

Bowl, 20th century

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Female figure standing on top of staff; nailhead edges

Staff, 19th-20th century

Malinke

Not on View
human face with white skin; blue-rimmed eyes; red parted lips with 2 white teeth; black hair with red and blue on forehead; red spots on cheeks

Mask, Date Unknown

Kongo

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Staff with double figures back to back; animal head below figures; pole wrapped in basketweave with raffia; #FX93323 painted at base

Staff, 20th century

Kongo

Not on View
Staff with hand on top; top half covered with brass studs with black metal mount

Staff, 20th century

Kongo

Not on View
Mbuye Boy's Initiation Mask; wood with polychrome of terracotta; H.51 in., white, black and terracotta.

Mbuya Boy's Initiation Mask, 19th century

Pende

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Painted metal base cap; topped with torso and head of a figure with exposed teeth

Staff, 19th-20th century

Goma

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Coiled metal at top; three standing male figures separated by alternating dark and light bands

Staff, Date Unknown

Songye

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Female figure seated on top of a fan-shaped element decorated with basketweave carvings; small flared area with carved ribs at bottom

Staff, 19th-20th century

Luba

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Cone-shaped top with four vertical metal elements; two heads facing opposite directions below; small ring of animal hide below heads and coiled metal bands at bottom

Staff, Date Unknown

Kusu

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Staff with figures and animals on pole topped with a man in European dress on wood base

Staff, 20th century

Kongo

Not on View
Ceramic vase, reddish in color. Band around neck of vase. Large body with small opening at top. 7 firing burns throughout.

VaseVase, 20th century

Teke

Not on View

Vase, 20th century

Yombe

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One band of incised geometric designs on shaft with squared-off section at top; topped with two faces, facing opposite directions; both faces have scarification on the forehead

Staff, Date Unknown

Luba

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Straight, undecorated shaft with head at top with tall hairstyle, slanted eyes and small rows of scarification dots on cheeks and forehead

Staff, 19th-20th century

Mangbetu

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Staff with spear head at top; two pairs of protruding faces, facing opposite directions at center; three areas of coiled metal banding around shaft

Staff, 19th-20th century

Lulua

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Mushroom-shaped handle at top; standing figure resting its chin on its hands below; incised crosshatched section below figure

Staff, 19th-20th century

Hungaan

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Black ceramic bowl, round with hexagon shape around the body of bowl.

Bowl, 20th century

Ngombe

Not on View
Staff with diamond shape and pattern below head

Staff, 20th century

Mbuun

Not on View
'T' shape resting on conical base; black metal band wrapped around top of base

Headrest, 19th century

Yaka or Songo

Not on View
Small turtle, snake and grasshopper climbing up shaft; female figure with scarifications on her body stands with arms above head, holding a curved segment supporting three lobed top; piece of cloth tied around figure's waist cord

Staff, Date Unknown

Zela

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round head covered with linear decorations and black and white pigment; large, wide eyes; long, pursed lips; long plant fiber beard

Kifwebe Mask, 20th century

Songye

Not on View
smiling face with open mouth; very long slim nose

Misi gwa so'o (Chimpanzee Mask), 20th century

Hemba

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long, hooked nose; pursed lips; face incised and painted with geometric designs in brown, tan, green, blue and white; frog perched on top of head; feathers behind frog

Kifwebe Mask with Frog, 20th century

Songye

Not on View
ovoid face with pointed chin; sloping forehead; coffee bean eyes; long, pointed nose; ovoid mouth; white pigment overall

Bwami Society Mask, 19th-20th century

Lega

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female figure seated with legs forward; arms carved free of the body and holding a large bowl resting on the feet; elaborate raised scarification on the abdomen and keloids on the lower back; large cruciform hairstyle; very soft, light wood

Mboko (Female Cup Bearer), 19th century

Luba

Not on View
mask carved on flat rectangular planes; median crest and nose drilled at regular intervals with small cavities containing traces of symbolic materials; tufts of hair implanted in nostrils; white and black highlights; intricately grooved surface

Kifwebe Mask, Second quarter of the 20th century

Luba

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squared-off jawline; coffee-bean eyes in enormous light-colored sockets; thin nose; pursed lips; 2 light and one red triangle on chin

Owl Mask, 20th century

Beembe

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crescent-shaped box with the upper part of a human face on lid; forehead part of lid above elongated double eyebrows and vertical sides of box are decorated with geometric motifs; lozenge-shaped eyes; brown patina, glossy on exposed parts

Box with Cover, 1900-1925

Kuba

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standing female figure with knees slightly bent; triangular breasts; diamond and lines on stomach; long hair; 2 strands of multicolored beads around neck

Female Figure (one of a pair), c. 1890

Tabwa

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small, flat face with flat nose, slit eyes and small open mouth; large cloth head covering decorated with shells and beads; loose raffia strands on sides and back

Bakuba Mask, 20th century

Kuba

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round red face with white and brown marks on cheeks and forehead; 2 protrusions on temples; head covered with tufted cloth

Mask, 20th century

Leele

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