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

Royal belt, mid 20th century

Kuba

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central beaded section with predominately blue and white beads, accented with red, in the form of two braid-like loops, stripes of beadwork on the loops and alternating short rows of blue and white beads on either side of loops; long sections on either end of rows of cowrie shells edges with larger blue and white beads; large blue bead at each end; tan cloth backing

Belt, Date Unknown

Kuba

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beaded crown; shells and small and large beads; three projections along top; front and sides beaded; center back of hat is plain except along edges; top section with knobs is an added three-dimensional section; lined; beads are red, white, black, yellow and olive

Hat, Date Unknown

Kuba

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ritual divination object in the form of an elephant

Itwomba, 19th-20th century

Kuba

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rectangular pieces with geometrical pattern, grids, shaped hands applique and embroidered; hues of brown from light to dark; purple applique dot shape on one rectangle

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, 20th century

Kuba

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long tan textile with appliquéd tan and brown geometric shapes; the geometric shapes include circles, squares, and lines bent at a 90 degree angle; edges are hemmed

Dance skirt, early 20th century

Kuba

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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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two small light tan panels sewn together; panels decorated with brown stitched geometric patterns; bordered on three sides with brown pile fabric with tan triangles, rust colored band and thick curling plant fiber trim

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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medium tan ground; two rectangular areas of design--one with central band of repeating diamonds with dark brown and light tan grids through center and similar bands with repeating triangles with smaller triangles inside flanking diamond band; second larger design area has diamonds with various designs--broken into triangles filled with grids, divided into smaller geometric shapes--in dark brown, two shades of medium brown and tan; received framed, unglazed

Panel, mid 20th century

Kuba

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geometric pattern woven tan and blue; cut pile; 2 panel center section; patterned borders on 3 sides dark blue, tan, rust; fourth side plain; approximately 8 1/2 inches at corner of plain side has no lower border - ends are finished

Skirt, early 20th century

Kuba

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three sections--two with dark brown ground flanked central section with medium brown ground; outer sections have light brown geometric shaped appliqués in random patterns; central section has geometric appliqués in dark, medium and light brown with primarily rectangular motifs; received mounted

Appliqué panel, Date Unknown

Kuba

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light tan ground; patchwork-like panel with sections with various geometric designs in dark, medium and light browns--primarily diamonds and zigzags; may be a pile panel with severe losses to raised pile; received mounted

Panel, mid 20th century

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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12 light brown panels of various sizes sewn into a long panel; panels decorated with dark brown stitching in various geometric patterns; some appliques of geometric shapes in same colors and fabrics

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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cup and handle appearing in form of hand and arm; cup has cylindrical top that rests on round bottom; top has carved patterns of zigzags in narrow rows; bottom has design with thick crisscrossed lines; handle is woven design and the part that connects to cup is a hand with four fingers; the top of the hand has a design carved into it; the piece is a dark brown hue

Cup, 20th century

Kuba

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cup is carved into likeness of a head that leads down to a pointed chin; lip of the cup has hard edge that is raised from the head and carved in flowing lines; face has large, oval eyes, a small, round nose, and an O-shaped mouth; multiple curved lines run down from the bottom of the eyes to the jawline; there is a small circle carved in space between eye and ear on both sides of head; the hair is intricately carved in a grid pattern with a braided, rope-like pattern at back; neck attaches to round, flat base of cup and is adorned with a carved necklace (?); curved handle runs from base of head to base of neck; the entire piece is the dark-brown hue of the wood from which it is carved

Cup, 20th century

Kuba

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basket with removable lid; oval bottom with wider top opening; three ties of woven triangles, two columns on each long end and one column on each short end; rings of color--light brown and purple visible on inside, faded to dark brown on exterior; oblong lid with shallow oval knob; woven triangles around lip and on top of knob; lid and basket have same coloring

Lidded basket, 20th century

Kuba

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dark brown; square basket weave at base; square herringbone weave along body; square base and lower walls tapering to smaller circular neck, with flared circular opening; top of neck is circled by band attached with vertical fibers, with two thinner bands wrapped underneath; interior opening is circled by one thin band; rim is formed by spiraling wrapped fibers

Bottle shaped basket, 20th century

Kuba

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basket and removable lid; medium brown with glossy exterior finish; circular basket and lid; basket is vase-like shape with body flaring upwards from narrower base to a wider shoulder, with narrower neck; neck and opening of basket roughly the same width as base; lid is circular with raised circular knob; body of basket has two bands of woven downward triangles; each band has pattern of six single triangles around sides and pairs of triangles on opposing sides; triangle fibers are slightly darker brown on exterior and brown-purple on interior; two handles on opposing sides, each formed by two oval loops of fibers woven into basket above shoulder

Lidded basket, 20th century

Kuba

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beanie with vertical knob on top, reinforce with plug of wood at interior; beige crocheted threads with bands including diagonal lines and raised triangular wedges in two different sizes; band of cowrie shells at bottom edge

Hat, Date Unknown

Kuba

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conical basket with square base and oval opening; woven square base; body formed by vertical fibers, with four horizontal bands of seven thin two-strand twists woven into vertical fibers; top of basket has thin woven chevron band and band of basket weave; vertically wrapped opening; braided cords attached around roughly one-half of basket circumference near opening; two sticks from base to opening on interior of basket; two handles of braided cords attached to basket where sticks are, at first and fourth woven bands; vertical fibers have slight twist around body of basket; dark brown patina/coating throughout

Carrying basket, 20th century

Kuba

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conical shape with flat top; seed pod/plant material element on top; two bands with alternating designs of columns of cowrie shells and chevrons of blue and white beads; dangling cowrie shells along bottom edge; body of beige

Hat, Date Unknown

Kuba

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Tan clothwith P and L-shaped designs in dark fiber; zigzags and diamonds at one end; area of darker pile near center

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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Musese Panel; cutpile embroidery and raffia, Zaire, Kuba Tribe,XXc. Termed Kassai velvet.

Panel, 19th-20th century

Kuba

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tie dyed raffia, nine sections sewn together

Skirt, 20th century

Kuba

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pile-cloth raffia

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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skirt, Kuba, woman's woven raffia skirt dyed brown, decorated with linear embroidery and raffia patchwork

Woman's ceremonial skirt, 20th century

Kuba

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Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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embroidered pile; brown and undyed raffia; diamond within bands of light and dark stripes; straight strip of four stripes break surface into two sections; finished at two longer sides. Surface ornamentation (Needlework)

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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

Sickle Weapon, early to mid 20th century

Kuba

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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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Globular bowl with double handle. Incised geometric vertical and "M" shaped patterns between. Dark brown in color.

Bowl with Braided Attachment, 20th century

Kuba

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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

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woven raffia, natural substances

Sleeping mat, 20th century

Kuba

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Native Bakuba cloth. Coarsely woven fabric as it comes from the loom (afterwards rendered pliable), with a fringe and a geometric border

Cloth panel, 19th century

Kuba

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Geometric design of interlocking 6-sided figures with other lines between; shades of tan and brown. Surface ornamentation (Needlework)

Panel (Shoowa), Date Unknown

Kuba

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panel, woven raffia with raffia cutpile embroidery in geometric patterns.

Panel, 19th-20th century

Kuba

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various sizes of raffia panels stitched together; applique and embroidery; various shades of brown

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, 20th century

Kuba

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tan and brown, with geometric diamond motif design; diagonal lines; 3 dark brown triangles at one short side

Panel, Date Unknown

Kuba

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rectangular block carved with geometric basketweave design

Bongatwol, Date Unknown

Kuba

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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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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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standing with legs apart on a round base; arms free of the body with the hands to the abdomens; identical faces with downcast eyes and slightly smiling expressions; embedded with numerous brass tacks; oily patina

Janus Figure, 19th century

Kuba

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large copper eyes and copper lips; wide nose with large nostrils; 6 white triangles on forehead; white and black lines on cheeks; long curved horns; cloth on back

Horned Forest Spirit Mask, 20th century

Kuba

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tan and brown, with geometric diamond motif design; 4 dark brown triangles on one short side

Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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tan and brown, with geometric diamond motif design

Panel, Date Unknown

Kuba

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helmet mask; triangular face with small eyes; large nose; bead lines on forehead and down nose; animal fur beard with nut shells at sides; cloth at top and back with blue and white beading on back

Mask, 20th century

Kuba

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horn carved with geometric and organic patterns overall

Buffalo Horn, 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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triple headed cup in natural honey-color of wood out of which it is carved; the top of the cups are straight and taper into the figure of a head; each cup rim is carved with crisscross pattern; the faces have eyebrows, closed eyes, triangular noses, and pursed lips; each face has carved lines that extend from the inside and outside corners of the eyes to behind the ears; two rows of carved squares create a pattern between the temples and ears on all faces; the heads connect at a long single neck, which widens at the bottom forming the base; the neck is carved with the same pattern as the pattern at the top of each head

Cup, mid 20th century

Shoowa Kuba

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small face with wide slit eyes; face decorated with white, tan and brown lines and triangles; cloth band with shells down center of face; blue and red cloth at top of head decorated with shells and beads

Ngady Mwaash Mask, 20th century

Bushoong Kuba

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Beaded Bag, 20th century

Yoruba or Kuba

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pinkish ground with triangles in tans and brown, diagonal lines in grey

Panel, 20th century

Kuba and Ndengese

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8 rectangular panels with triangle and diamond motifs; 4 small rectangles with same motif; tan and brown

Panel, 20th century

Kuba and Ndengese

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Mat, 19th century

Kuba

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Cloth panel, 20th century

Kuba

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Carved Box with Lid, 19th century

Kuba

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Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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Costume, Date Unknown

Kuba

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Tukula or Bongotol, early 20th century

Kuba

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Coconut Oil Container, 1901-2000

Kuba

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Skirt, 1900-1925

Kuba

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Palm Wine Cup, Date Unknown

Kuba

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Panel, 20th century

Kuba

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Headrest, c. 1890

Kuba

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Itwomba, 20th century

Kuba

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Palm Wine Cup, 19th century

Kuba

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Double Gourd Vase, Date Unknown

Kuba

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Pile cloth, Date Unknown

Kuba

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Panel, 20th century

probably Kuba

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Skirt Panel, 19th century

Bushoong Kuba

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