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- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.426
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.44
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Miter-shaped hat with embroidery
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- Red, felt, miter-shaped hat with lateral flaps that terminate in gold-colored tassles. An internal wood frame sewn inot the central "spine" of the hat keeps its peaked shape. Two figures are delicately embroidered with yellow thread, one on each side of the hat. The figre on its left resembles a lizard with a small round head and long tail. The figure on the right is human and appears to be wearing a costume. A narrow strip of green fabric covers the extermal, central spine or seam of the hat. The hat's interior is green.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.172
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ikenga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.444
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Belt
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.168
- Medium and Support
- raffia cloth, thread, cowrie shells and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Divination Tray
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.259
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure (Eshu as Ibeji)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.121
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.475
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Headpiece
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bwa
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.28
- Medium and Support
- wood with white pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ogboni
- Physical Description
- Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.242
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Container (kuduo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Brass container cast in a rounded bowl form, similar to Akan ceramic vessels. A small circle near the container's lip would have served as an attachment point for a hinged lid. The container is cast with designs on the body.
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.33
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Vessel
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.53
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Adze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.97
- Medium and Support
- iron blade and handle with copper and brass decoration
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Knife with wooden scabbard
- Artist
- African, Southern Songye
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.123A-B
- Medium and Support
- iron, wood, copper and twine
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.70
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Food Paddle
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1986
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.6
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Vessel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.110
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.59
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Effigy Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Idoma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.61
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with paint
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Yombe
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1885
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.184
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Drum
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Banwa-Bamboum
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.145
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a seed pod
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a small ball with a short, slightly curved, angular tail or handle attached to it.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.134
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.214
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Gabon, Punu
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.107
- Medium and Support
- wood and pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Letter Opener
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1910
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.55
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of four flat cubes with a geometrical pattern consiting of individual "stars", each attached to two other cubes at two of the corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.410
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A stylized animal head, with an elongated open mouth and horizontally positioned, flat ears, sits atop a staff with decorative carvings along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Helmet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.188
- Medium and Support
- gourd, cowrie shells, cloth, hair, leather
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.370
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Nkisi Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bwende
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.190
- Medium and Support
- wood, porcelain chips
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Gold weight in the shape of a rectangular form with rounded edges and in the middle two smooth triangular forms protruding outwards and slightly back.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.472
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Janus heads with elaborate headgear top a staff with a long, thin shaft and broader hourglass-shaped sections with a stylized human head in the middle of each one. The staff is covered with carved geometrical patterns of triangles, lozenges and lines, and ends in a metal-coiled tip at the bottom; it is heavy and has a shiny black patina.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.373
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.275
- Medium and Support
- wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together at the middle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.502
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mbangu Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.200
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigments, vegetable fiber, raffia
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Tent Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Fulani
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.268
- Medium and Support
- woven wool
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.406
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Panel with Geometric Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.73
- Medium and Support
- raffia
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.50
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Beaded, veil fringed, canonical crown; seven long beaded tassles dangle from the bottom rim of the crown; entire surface area is embroidered with multi-colored seed beads; three tiers of colorful faces surround the perimeter; a series of three dimensional birds perch on top of the crown; the largest bird sits on tip and is removable.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.306
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, cotton fabric, raffia palm
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight with geometricn pattern with two holes in center
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.138
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zulu peoples South Africa
- Physical Description
- Slightly curved staff, topped by two snakes spiraling around each other, followed by an open-worked carving of three smaller "pillars" set between ornamental carved elements above and below. On the lower half of the staff are a series of carved, protruding knobs distributed around all sides of the shaft between carved ornamental bands.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.56
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Idoma
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.253
- Medium and Support
- wood, polychrome, beads
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.436
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.23
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)