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Palm Wine Drinking Horn; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Palm Wine Drinking Horn
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description: Buffalo horn with concentric circles, geometric shapes and beadlike bands carved in relief follow the natural contours of the horn to its pointed tip. Has a local repair—a metal suture sewn at the mouth to stabilize a crack. Has cord pierced through tip.
Century: late 18th - early 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1800-1850
Accession Number: 2005/1.209
Medium and Support: buffalo horn
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

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

Title: Bust
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900
Accession Number: 2005/1.213
Medium and Support: wood, metal hook, cloth, cord
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Kihona Stool; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba

Title: Kihona Stool
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 2005/1.224
Medium and Support: wood
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Scepter; African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

Title: Scepter
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Accession Number: 2005/1.230
Medium and Support: wood, animal skin, teeth, claws, seeds, beads, shells, vegetable fiber, metal
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Power Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

Title: Power Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 2005/1.229
Medium and Support: wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bekalebwe

Title: Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bekalebwe
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890
Accession Number: 2005/1.227
Medium and Support: wood, copper, metal tacks, leather, snakeskin, raffia, vegetable fiber cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Kabwe Lugulu Gourd; African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

Title: Kabwe Lugulu Gourd
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Accession Number: 2005/1.232
Medium and Support: gourd, wood, animal skin (contents: vegetable, animal and mineral materials
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Luba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Luba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 2005/1.216
Medium and Support: wood, monkey skin, vegetable fiber, kaolin, black pigment
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

Kabeja Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba

Title: Kabeja Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1870
Accession Number: 2005/1.226
Medium and Support: wood
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:07

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:06

Mbangu Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:06

Cup; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bushoong

Title: Cup
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bushoong
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890
Accession Number: 2005/1.207
Medium and Support: wood, copper staples, cowrie shells
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:06

Power Figure (nkisi nduda); Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Power Figure (nkisi nduda)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description: Small wooden figure with naturalistic human face engulfed in layers of multi-media attachments including animal hides, medicine packs, and a turban bound in feathers. Figure holds the tip of a curved piece of wood in its mouth, the other end of which terminates in its clutched right hand. A round mirrior is embdedded in the figure's "belly." The hides and fibers creating the “skirt” are intact, making it unique.
Century: Late 19th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 19th century
Accession Number: 2005/1.191
Medium and Support: wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:06

Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi); Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description: Wood-carved, standing figure with knees slightly flexed, prominent gentalia, naturalistic face, pointed beard and eyes inset with a white material, probably small ceramic fragments. The feet are missing. It wears a metal ring around its neck, and a string with metal fragments, glass beads and a small metal bell is attached across its chest, from arm to arm. A vertical crack on the front right side of the figure is filled with a gauzy material.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1870
Accession Number: 2005/1.189
Medium and Support: wood, beads, metal, ceramic fragments
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:05

Flywhisk (mpiya, nsea, nfunka or nyese); Artist Unknown, African, Dondo Peoples Congo Republic

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:05

Whistle (nsiba); Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Title: Whistle (nsiba)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
Physical Description: Two components make up this vertical whistle. The superstructure is a wooden carving of two birds that face each other, bellies touching, with a small round object between them, so that each is holding it in their beaks. The birds' talons clutch the base of the sculpture. The base has a hole in the center into which the antelope horn is pegged.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1925-1975
Accession Number: 2005/1.181
Medium and Support: wood, antelope horn
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:05

Power Figure (nkisi kozo); Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Title: Power Figure (nkisi kozo)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
Physical Description: Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1825-1899
Accession Number: 2005/1.182
Medium and Support: wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:11:05

Thickly Woven Indigo Cloth Composed of Variegated Stripes; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Thickly Woven Indigo Cloth Composed of Variegated Stripes
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.34
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:56

Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.30
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:56

Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.31
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:56

Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled Black Fringe; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled Black Fringe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.32
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:56

Woman's Cloth with Sewn Edges; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Woman's Cloth with Sewn Edges
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.33
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:56

Woman's Wrap; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana

Title: Woman's Wrap
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
Accession Number: 2004/2.28
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Standing Female Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi

Title: Standing Female Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi
Accession Number: 2004/2.24
Medium and Support: clay
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Standing Female Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi

Title: Standing Female Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi
Accession Number: 2004/2.25
Medium and Support: clay
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Hunter's Shirt; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana

Title: Hunter's Shirt
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
Accession Number: 2004/2.26
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Woman's Cloth with Long Rolled White Fringe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Accession Number: 2004/2.29
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Woman's Wrap; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana

Title: Woman's Wrap
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
Accession Number: 2004/2.27
Medium and Support: cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:55

Staff; African, Angolan, Ovimbundu

Title: Staff
Artist: African, Angolan, Ovimbundu
Accession Number: 2004/1.159
Medium and Support: wood
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:41

Figure with skirt; Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Figure with skirt
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number: 2003/2.72
Medium and Support: carved wood with fabric
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:38

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:36

Mask (Zamble); Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

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
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:33

Cache-Sexe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi

Title: Cache-Sexe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1920
Accession Number: 2000/2.52
Medium and Support: woven rope and beadwork
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:25

Cache-Sexe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi

Title: Cache-Sexe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1920
Accession Number: 2000/2.50
Medium and Support: woven rope and metal
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:24

Cache-Sexe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi

Title: Cache-Sexe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1920
Accession Number: 2000/2.51
Medium and Support: woven rope and metal
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:24

Maternity Figure; African, Nigeria, Ibo

Title: Maternity Figure
Artist: African, Nigeria, Ibo
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.118
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Eshu Vessel; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Eshu Vessel
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1920
Accession Number: 2000/2.111
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

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

Title: Vessel
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.120
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Vessel; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title: Vessel
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.121
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Teapot-Form Vessel; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title: Teapot-Form Vessel
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.112
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Bowl; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Century: mid 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.119
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Head; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti

Title: Head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
Century: 18th - 19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.117
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:21

Fetish Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Yoruba

Title: Fetish Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Benin, Yoruba
Century: late 19th - early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1920
Accession Number: 2000/2.107
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:20

Bowl; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.108
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:20

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

Title: Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.109
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 18:10:20