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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.6
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Guinea Bissau, Baga
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.4
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Thumb Piano/Plucked Idiophone (Kankobele)
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.50
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1987
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.347
- Medium and Support
- bronze, wood and cloth
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Tent Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Tuareg
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.258
- Medium and Support
- woven wool, camel hair and cotton
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.87
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Power figure (nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Stool with traditional spider motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.313
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a Queen's Fan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a fan: a small, thin handle attached to a flat, spherical form, with a spiraling motif coming out of the center; the attachment of the handle to the circular shape is by way of a semi-circle, decorated with a spiraling motif flowing in the opposite direction.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.129
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Flywhisk (mpiya, nsea, nfunka or nyese)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Dondo Peoples Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved flywhisk is shape of a woman. Her torso doubles as the whisk handle and is scarified with leaden inlay, which has been worn smooth due to extended use. A red cotton wrap marks the transition zone between the female’s torso and the buffalo hair whisk below. The whisk visually acts as a grass skirt completing the above figure’s body and dress.
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.176
- Medium and Support
- wood, lead, cotton fiber, buffalo hair
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Spoon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Liberian, Dan
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.30
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Throwing Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Brazzaville), Baya-Bumali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.115
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a spiral, possibly broken off at both ends.
- 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
- 1997/1.366
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 19th or 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1971
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.68
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and metal
- 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
- 1983/2.225
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- 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
- 1997/1.377
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Male Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.196.2
- Medium and Support
- wood, tukula powder, fiber, dried fruit, metal hook, animal hair, shell, resin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels and the hands at the side of the head, wearing elaborate headgear. Evidence of calcification.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.453
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Bwami Society Maskette
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Lega Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Concave, ovoid maskette with kaolin covering surface of surface of face. Minimal rendering of facial features: raised, tapered wood strip for nose; narrow, oviod, horizontal eyes; open, ovoid mouth with some striation around interior edge.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1975
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.151
- Medium and Support
- wood, kaolin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.100
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle with metal studs
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Comb
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.327
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Architectural Element - Post
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.169
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- 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 rectangle, bearing a geometric pattern with a zigzag line along one side and edged teeth along the other.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.491
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ritual Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- Probably 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- probably 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.69
- Medium and Support
- carved 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
- 1997/1.399
- 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
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.31
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a single-bladed, smooth sword, undecorated except for the small ball at the top of the handle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.514
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ceremonial Chewing Stick
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Fante Peoples Ghana
- Physical Description
- Wood stick with dark smooth patina; shows six registers or symbols carved into it, from top to bottom: closed fist; rifle; wisdom knot; powder keg; femake figure with hands covering breasts and genitals; paddle.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.270
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- African, Morocco
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.49
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with metallic thread
- 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
- 1997/1.420
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Royal Attendant Hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.163
- Medium and Support
- natural fiber and string
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight with tiered geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.140
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.192
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igala
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.68
- Medium and Support
- wood, kaolin
- 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
- 1997/1.438
- 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
- 1984/2.36
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.77
- Medium and Support
- wood with twine
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.116
- 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
- 1997/1.466
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Scepter finial in the form of a man's head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kusu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.356
- Medium and Support
- carved ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Erinile Pot Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.36
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- 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
- 1997/1.498
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Baton
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Nkutchu (Kuba)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.312
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Pomdo Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.16
- Medium and Support
- soapstone
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ritual Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.43
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint and kaolin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Helmet;Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Makonde
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.262
- Medium and Support
- wood, horse hair, human hair
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Horned Mask
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.14
- Medium and Support
- wood, monkey fur
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ancestor figure (female in Manda style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The torso, neck and head make an elongated cylinder along the certical axis. The hands rest at its sides near the umbilicus. The hair, face, hands, genitals, and feet are detailed.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.157.1
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)