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Ikhoko Amulet Pendant; Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title
Ikhoko Amulet Pendant
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Accession Number
2005/1.199
Medium and Support
ivory
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Blanket (one of a pair); Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Fulani

Title
Blanket (one of a pair)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Fulani
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Accession Number
1984/1.267.1
Medium and Support
woven wool
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.405
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Embroidered Raffia Cloth Panel with Geometric Design; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Embroidered Raffia Cloth Panel with Geometric Design
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1984/2.56
Medium and Support
Raffia
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Prestige Axe; Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe

Title
Prestige Axe
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.108
Medium and Support
metal blade with wood handle
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Beaded Coronet (oríkògbòfó or ojewe); Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Title
Beaded Coronet (oríkògbòfó or ojewe)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description
Round beaded crown with six radiating bands (predominantly green with white, metallic and blue accents) that stem from the central axis upon which the big blue-headed bird sits. Smaller birds perch at the base of the bands. Bottom rim predominantly red with white, metallic and blue accents. Spaces in between vertical bands are filled with yellow feathers or possibly synthetic material.
Century
Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1925-1975
Accession Number
1997/1.345
Medium and Support
cloth, glass beads, metallic beads, feathers
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria

Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria
Accession Number
2001/2.48
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.425
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Jar; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Jar
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1985/2.4
Medium and Support
terracotta, fiber, wood, and red wood powder
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Small Yet Belt; Artist Unknown, African

Title
Small Yet Belt
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1987/2.77
Medium and Support
glass beads, raffia and red wood powder
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.443
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Headband; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Headband
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1985/1.167
Medium and Support
cotton, natural dyes, shells, raffia, glass beads
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Baboon mask; Artist Unknown, African

Title
Baboon mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2003/2.46
Medium and Support
wood, metal, rope, and hair
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title
Male Ibeji Figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1925-1940
Accession Number
1986/2.120
Medium and Support
carved wood, blue coral beads, blue pigment
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.474
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Prestige Axe; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?

Title
Prestige Axe
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.51
Medium and Support
iron or steel blade with wood handle
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Bird Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo

Title
Bird Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2000/1.35
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Knife; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu

Title
Knife
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu
Century
late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
2005/1.233
Medium and Support
iron, ivory, leather sheath
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Twisted metal bracelet with chameleon; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi

Title
Twisted metal bracelet with chameleon
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1985/2.54
Medium and Support
cast bronze (cire perdue)
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Rotze

Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Rotze
Accession Number
2001/2.72
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Ceremonial Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti

Title
Ceremonial Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.88
Medium and Support
metal blade with wood pomel overlaid with brass and wrought iron shaft
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Half-figure Fetish; African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa

Title
Half-figure Fetish
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1920
Accession Number
1982/1.263
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Baton in the form of a Hornbill Bird; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, South Gurunsi, Fara?

Title
Baton in the form of a Hornbill Bird
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, South Gurunsi, Fara?
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1984/2.76
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Fertility Doll; Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Zaramo

Title
Fertility Doll
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Zaramo
Accession Number
2005/1.255
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Figure of a Man sitting with a rifle; African, Nigeria, Ibo

Title
Figure of a Man sitting with a rifle
Artist
African, Nigeria, Ibo
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1983/2.175
Medium and Support
Pottery
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Nkisi Figure; African, Congo (Zaire), Vili

Title
Nkisi Figure
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
Century
late 18th - early 19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
2005/1.180
Medium and Support
wood, tukula powder, kaolin
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Royal Elephant Mask (Bajoun); Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamileke

Title
Royal Elephant Mask (Bajoun)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamileke
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.305
Medium and Support
cloth with multi-colored beadwork
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight in the shape of a man; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a man
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a man with a large head, tilted slightly backwards, on a thick, heavy neck, and topped by hair or headgear in the shape of a ball; the face has protruding eyes and nose, and the mouth holds a snake-like animal above a small beard (goatee). The figure is wearing a loincloth and holds a short stick under the left arm as well as two small jars in the hands.
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
1900-1985
Accession Number
1985/2.42
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Chief’s Caryatid Stool (citwamo ka kaponya); Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola

Title
Chief’s Caryatid Stool (citwamo ka kaponya)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
Physical Description
This hour-glass shaped stool is supported by two caryatid figures who sit in a pose of lamentation—crouched with head in hands. Scarified patterned abstracted tears spill from their lower eyelids. Brass studs adorn the perimeter of the stool’s seat, base, and figures. Both figures wear strings of black, red and white beads around their necks.
Century
Late 19th century
Object Creation Date
2nd half of 19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.204
Medium and Support
wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Quadruped; African, Tanzania, Karagwe

Title
Quadruped
Artist
African, Tanzania, Karagwe
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1850
Accession Number
1985/2.91
Medium and Support
iron
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Pipe Bowl; Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia, Anuak

Title
Pipe Bowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia, Anuak
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1985/2.35
Medium and Support
ceramic
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight with a geometric pattern; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of a double "star" form.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.372
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Rhythm Pounder in the Shape of a Male Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Rhythm Pounder in the Shape of a Male Figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1971
Accession Number
1971/2.37
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen); Artist Unknown, African, Mali

Title
Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mali
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
1983/2.222
Medium and Support
Pottery
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.381
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Alunga Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe

Title
Alunga Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1930
Accession Number
2005/1.194
Medium and Support
wood, pigment
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight in the shape of a bird; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a bird
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a bird, possibly a fowl.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.450
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Design Cloth; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Square panel of raffia, cut-pile cloth; top is even, plush surface; intersecting linear pattern creates geometic diamond motifs in contrasting dark and light browns. Back is woven raffia cloth.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1970
Accession Number
1986/2.105
Medium and Support
raffia, cloth, dye
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Disassembled Golddust Scale; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title
Disassembled Golddust Scale
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.365A-C
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Clyster; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Clyster
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1984/2.27
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight with geometric pattern; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base, with a geometric pattern consisting of rectangular forms in the center and a single undulating line along the two long edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.486
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Pestle; Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title
Pestle
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1880
Accession Number
2005/1.221
Medium and Support
wood, china beads
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Horse (miniature) on later base; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Title
Horse (miniature) on later base
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Accession Number
1986/1.175
Medium and Support
carved wood, blood, patination, gruel, millet, clay
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.396
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Flywhisk; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Flywhisk
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1984/2.26
Medium and Support
carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight in the shape of a war horn; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a war horn
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a war horn decorated with three bells at the mouth of the horn and a narrow, sloping mouthpiece.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.510
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo

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
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Textile; African, Morocco

Title
Textile
Artist
African, Morocco
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1930.46
Medium and Support
silk with metallic thread
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

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
1997/1.417
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)

Bowl in the shape of a ceramic vessel; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Bowl in the shape of a ceramic vessel
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1890
Accession Number
1985/1.161
Medium and Support
wood, fiber, brass tacks and pigment
relevance
rank 5.35637
Creation Place 1
Africa (continent)
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