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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
- 1997/1.373
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- 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)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife with a curved, rounded tip.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.473
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Healing Scroll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ethopian Orthodox Ethiopia
- Physical Description
- Long narrow strip of parchment with writing in red and black pigment; image at top shows a face with large eyes in a square with eight radiating triangles (Solomon's Seal); image at bottom shows a winged figure holding a sword (archangel). Rows of eyes border the images.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.159
- Medium and Support
- parchment, pigment on leather scroll
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Pestle, of Mortar and Pestle
- Artist
- African, Guinea, Marka
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.353.2
- 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
- 1997/1.406
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- 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)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a gun cartridge
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a gun cartridge belt with attached powder bag and horn.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.503
- 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
- Commemorative Head of an Oba of the Benin kingdom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Physical Description
- Cast brass head of a human. An opening at the top would have supported a carved elephant tusk. The heads wears elaborate "winged" headgear.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.260
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- 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
- 1997/1.426
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- 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)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.69
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.190
- 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
- Royal Mask (Mwaash a Mbooy)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.187
- Medium and Support
- wood, cowrie shells and textiles
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ceremonial Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.131
- Medium and Support
- metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Prestige Axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.53
- Medium and Support
- iron blade with wooden handle
- 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
- Costume (bwoom)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Physical Description
- Costume of a human figure.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.5B&C
- Medium and Support
- bark cloth, woven raffia, copper, glass beads, kola nuts, kola, animal skin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask with Seven Feathers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.190
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Republic of the Congo, Kongo, Solongo
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.53
- Medium and Support
- wood
- 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
- Textile panel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Ndengese
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1965
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.54
- Medium and Support
- woven and dyed raffia
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Whistle/Flute
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bwa/Mossi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.144
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Fertility Doll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Zaramo
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.254
- Medium and Support
- wood
- 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
- Twin Figure
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.58
- Medium and Support
- wood, metal coin and glass beads
- 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
- Pwo Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- A naturalistic rendering of a human face. Eyes carved in relief are convex and almond-shaped with narrow slits and are placed in round, concave eye sockets. Nose is slender at the bridge and rounded at the tip. The horizontal mouth is partially opened. Half rounded ears display metal loops. The "hair" is attached with a cloth headband high on forehead and is made from clay and red tukula powder. The face shows striated, scarifcation patters underneath and to the sides of the eyes; the forehead shows is a chingelyengelye cross motif. The patina is smooth and redish brown in color.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.201
- Medium and Support
- wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth
- 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 1860
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.185
- Medium and Support
- wood, resin
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.115
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Mask (Zamble)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.348
- 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
- Cap
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.102
- Medium and Support
- glass beads and buttons
- 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
- 1997/1.379
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Polychrome mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.173
- Medium and Support
- wood, polychrome with white and red mineral pigments, plant fiber
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid with a bird on top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid topped by a bird.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.448
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Animal Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.214
- Medium and Support
- wood, wicker, metal, antelope horn, fur, cord, seeds, nuts
- 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
- Golddust box with decorated lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.362A&B
- Medium and Support
- cast 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 1890
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.178
- Medium and Support
- wood, shells, metal
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a twisted rope.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.452
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Power figure (nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden human figure attached to an animal's horn. A plug or mushroom shaped projection extends from the human figure's head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.346
- Medium and Support
- wood with traces of pigment, animal horn and string
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Kanage Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.27
- Medium and Support
- wood, metal and paint
- 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
- 1997/1.397
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Ritual Sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.157
- Medium and Support
- Iron, wood, copper and tkoola powder
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Title
- Goldweight in triangular shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a triangle, bearing undecorated lines along the edges of its shape and across the middle, with a small protrusion in the middle of the triangle's base.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.490
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.35637
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)