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Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.9
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:54
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Kagura
Accession Number
2001/2.8
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:51
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.77
Medium and Support
wood with twine
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:51
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
Object Creation Date
1900-1940
Accession Number
2001/2.76
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:50
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.74
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:50
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
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
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:50
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Sierra Leone, Mende
Accession Number
2001/2.71
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:49
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Rotze
Accession Number
2001/2.72
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:49
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.73
Medium and Support
wood with beads, cloth and twine
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:49
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
Accession Number
2001/2.69
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:48
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Accession Number
2001/2.70
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:48
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
Accession Number
2001/2.7
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:48
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.68
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:47
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
A slightly curved staff, topped by a long, narrow handle, placed atop a carved human head, with simple hairdo and facial feautures. The shaft is covered by a snake coiling upward from the lower end of the staff.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.67
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:47
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Zigua
Accession Number
2001/2.66
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:47
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Zambia, Lozi
Accession Number
2001/2.62
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:46
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Fipa
Accession Number
2001/2.63
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:46
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Ovumbundu
Accession Number
2001/2.65
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:46
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Short stick with a dark shiny patina, topped by a standing, male figure, wearing a European-style suit and brimmed hat, carrying a small box in his hands; followed by a standing female figure, unclothed, carrying a child on her back. Below are smaller figures, on either side respectively: a keeling figure, a turtle, and a bird; a brid, a turtle, a ram's horn and an ornamental motif, possibly a cross.
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.64
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:46
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Accession Number
2001/2.6
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:45
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Ovumbundu
Accession Number
2001/2.61
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:45
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Idama
Accession Number
2001/2.59
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:45
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.60
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:45
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
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
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:44
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Beninese, Fon
Accession Number
2001/2.57
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:44
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Wananesi
Accession Number
2001/2.58
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:44
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Wassangola
Accession Number
2001/2.55
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:43
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.54
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:43
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Republic of the Congo, Kongo, Solongo
Accession Number
2001/2.53
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:43
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
Accession Number
2001/2.50
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:42
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania
Accession Number
2001/2.51
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:42
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kwase
Accession Number
2001/2.52
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:42
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mozambique, Yao
Accession Number
2001/2.5
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:42
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.49
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:41
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria
Accession Number
2001/2.48
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:41
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Smooth staff, topped by a standing, slightly elongated, rectangular male figure with angular curves at the elbows and buttocks and the hands held in front of the stomach, just below the navel (the left arm is damaged). The big feet are carved as one piece, with small incisions for the individual toes.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.47
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:41
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ndebele peoples South Africa
Physical Description
A wooden staff, covered with beads in solid colors (red, blue, green and orange) outlined in black against a background of white beads, with a sideways M pattern in the middle of the shaft on either side. A stylized head of open beadwork tops the staff, followed by a tight-fitting necklace-like band with a clasp in orange and green and a white band, above solid red and blue rings.
Accession Number
2001/2.46
Medium and Support
wood with beads
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:40
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Accession Number
2001/2.44
Medium and Support
wood with beads
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:40
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description
Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
2001/2.45
Medium and Support
wood with beads, metal, cloth
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:40
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
Accession Number
2001/2.43
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:39
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Elaborately carved staff with, from the top: a male figure wearing Western-style clothes, with painted eyes, eyebrows, mouth, moustache, hat and clothes, sitting on a simple stool, resting his hands on his knees; a U-shaped snake on one side and a mortar on the other; a pair of a male and a female figure on either side (the male is standing on one leg, bending the other at the knee to make a triangle); a dark black spherical form; a row of three turtles on one side and two salamanders and a frog on the other; and finally three outstretched snakes (painted yellow, brown and red, respectively), one of them eating a small frog.
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.42
Medium and Support
wood, paint
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:39
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
Object Creation Date
1900-1950
Accession Number
2001/2.40
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:39
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Guinea Bissau, Baga
Accession Number
2001/2.4
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:39
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Ovumbundu
Accession Number
2001/2.38
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:38
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Shango
Accession Number
2001/2.37
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:38
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Ogboni staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description
Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.39
Medium and Support
brass, iron
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:38
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo
Physical Description
Elaborately carved staff with angular forms along the shaft and topped with a figurine with a rounded head, heart-shaped face and two stylized arms resting on the stomach. A large Z-shaped handle is carved in the middle of the shaft, with a series of cubes and conical forms above and beneath it.
Object Creation Date
1930-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.36
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:37
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Accession Number
2001/2.35
Medium and Support
wood with metal
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:37
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Limba
Accession Number
2001/2.34
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:37
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
Title
Display figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana
Physical Description
A poised, naturalistic male figure sits on a stool, holding an egg in his right hand, his left hand resting on his left knee. The head is round, almost egg-shaped, with a high, sloping forehead rising from pronounced eyebrows. The eyes are almond-shped, the nost long and slender, the mouth a small straight line. The neck is long and ringed. Its surface is smooth, and carefully finished, golden brown in color, though worn or mottled in places.
Artist Life Dates
1900-1977
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
2001/2.33
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2013-12-20 16:34:37
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
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