MSSU African Art Exibit

Mask, Ritual
2014.1.1
Distortion Mask
Dance mask with cloth covered headdress, protruding forehead with deepset slit eyes with slit centers and heavy upper lids, wedge-shaped nose twisted to right side, left extended nostril, slanted slit protruding mouth indicating stroke victim, black... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.2
MMWO Dance Mask
Oval-shaped dance mask with black hair, black high arched eyebrows, black almond-shaped eyes, black centered ears, large hooked nose with round flared nostrils, protruding open mouth exposing white teeth, black lips, short black beard, black hair ext... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Kifwebe
2014.1.3
Female Kifwebe Dance Mask
Female dance mask with large bulgy eyes with slit centers, flat wedge-shaped nose, protruding rectangular mouth with open center, lines following top of each eye on forehead and bottom of each eye on the cheeks, lines follow the extended protruding l... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.4
Helmet Dance Mask
Wooden helmet dance mask covered in skin, rounded dome shaped hat, square open eyes and mouth, wedge-shaped nose, crescent-shaped ears covered with skin, knobs on sides of jaws and forehead, cracked skin along frontal edge.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.5
Pig Dance Mask
Dance mask with elongated face with turned up anteater nose, almond-shaped pierced eyes, leaf-shaped extending from back, brown raffia around entire outer rim, reddish eyes, nose and crevices of ears, black patina over surface of face.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.6
Dance Mask
Oval-shaped dance mask with high halo-shaped combed black hair, abstract bird form finial, white band at top of forehead, thin metal nailed to wooden surface on forehead, nose and pointed chin, round pierced eyes.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.7
Tortoise, or turtle shell dance mask.
Dance mask with brown turtle shell, carved to resemble face. Almond-shaped cut eyes and mouth. Circular scarification on forehead resembling eyebrows. Circular designs cut from the nose down to the jawline, above mouth. Brown raffia attached to outer... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Pwo
2014.1.8
Chokwe, Female Dance Mask, Pwo
Oval-shaped face with coffeebean eyes in white orbits, wedge-shaped nose, scarification on cheeks, forehead and chin; diamond-shaped open mouth with zigzag white teeth, white in crescent-shaped ears, raffia hair attached to top of mask.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.9
Cow Dance Mask
Cow dance mask with short horns extending close to face. Round double tiered bulgy eyes, with round centers and white bands on outer side. Long wedge-shaped nose, with wide flat nostrils. Large crescent-shaped mouth, with square flat jaw. Crescent-sh... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.10
Dance Mask
Dance mask with oval-shaped face, heart-shaped inner face, wedgeshaped nose, notched along bridge of nose. Oval-shaped pierced eyes, wide open mouth, exposing teeth. Dark brown patina over entire surface.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.11
Helmet Mask
Helmet mask with two sectioned knobbed headdress. Large face with large bulgy eyes, white eyes with black centers. Wedge-shaped nose, with flanged nostrils, red lips, white teeth, red cheeks, ears with white centers. White band on forehead separating... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.12
Male Dance Mask
Male dance mask with round cap. Geometric triangular designs in a band around a checkerboard hairstyle. Crescent-shaped ears with small round earlobes, almond-shaped protruding slit eyes, high arched eyebrows and wedge-shaped nose. Broad double bowed... View Full Record
Mask, Hand Puppet
2014.1.13
Pende Divination Puppet
Hand puppet mask, attached to a scissors action handle. Small brown face mask, with droopy large eyelids, wedge-shaped nose, protruding full slit lips, scarification on cheeks, heavily feathered headdress.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.14
Dance Mask
Dance mask with round face. White, black and red circles, encircling bulgy eyes with large black centers, in white rectangular orbits. Large red hooked nose, wide oval-shaped open protruding black mouth, with white center and teeth. Black sides with... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.15
Doll, Fetish Figure
Standing fetish figure, painted black with small round head, long cylindrical neck, crescent-shaped form in the middle of head. Slit mouth, long neck, wide shoulders with outstretched arms to side, cylindrical thin body, wide outstretched bent legs,... View Full Record
Doll, Akuaba
2014.1.16
Akuaba Doll
Standing female figure with large round flat head, arched eyebrows connecting at bridge of wedge-shaped nose. Protruding slit rectangular mouth, long cylindrical ringed neck, short straight arms without hands extending to sides. Long cylindrical body... View Full Record
Doll, Ibeji
2014.1.17
Ibeji Doll
Standing female figure with large head, crescent-shaped blue and black painted headdress, large bulgy eyes with pierced centers. Wedge-shaped nose with round nostrils, full thick lips, with slit mouth, three vertical scarification marks on each buff-... View Full Record
Figure, Female
2014.1.18
Elderly Female Figure
Standing female figure with upraised outstretched arms, extending to sides. Large cylindrical neck, oval-shaped head, protruding eyes. Large wedge-shaped nose, protruding open lips, large breasts on each side of chest, protruding stomach with round n... View Full Record
Pulley, Heddle
2014.1.19
Heddle Pulley
Finial of three-quarter length figure, atop U-shaped pulley. Round cylinder floating between two legs, figure with cylindrical body, boneless bent arms, carved away from body, attached at waist. Small female breasts extended forward, double conical n... View Full Record
Figure, Male
2014.1.20
Male Figure
Standing male figure with large head, bulgy almond-shaped eyes. Crescent-shaped headdress, circular ears, short broad nose. Full open lips, short neck, sloping shoulders, arms carved close to chest. Large stomach with round navel, boneless bent arms.... View Full Record
Doll, Male
2014.1.21
Male Doll
Standing male doll with long boneless bent arms, carved close to body. Flanged shirt forming base, thick cylindrical neck, flat head with combed hair. Large almond-shaped eyes, short nose, small mouth, blackish brown patina.... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.22
Male Fetish Figure
Male fetish figure with large face, pointed chin, large wedge-shaped nose, almond-shaped slit eyes, small crescent-shaped ears. Large crescent-shaped headdress on top of round head. Body, neck and arms, wrapped with a split bamboo medicine bag, with... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.23
Dogon, Mali Satimbe, Dance Mask
Dance mask with extended bird beak forehead, red, black and white geometric designs with dots on surface. White elongated rectangular face, with white rectangular open mouth and pierced eyes, female finial figure on top with black patina, with oval-s... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.24
Dance Mask
Female dance mask, with a low crescent-shaped form, with black raffia in center at the top. Black rectangular eyes, buff-colored ridge of nose with black circles, white face with vertical and horizontal lines. White short ears extending from each sid... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Pwo
2014.1.25
Chokwe Dance Mask, Pwo
Elongated black face mask, with brown raffia extending from back and sides of mask. Large bulgy slit eyes in deep orbits, long thin nose, oval-shaped open mouth, with jagged teeth. Small checkerboard designs under each eye and between eyes, on forehe... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.26
Helmet Mask
Helmet mask with large head. Crescent-shaped headdress painted blue, combed from head to outer edges of black and blue hairstyle, extended from back of head. White face, bulgy forehead, large open eyes, short broad nose. Protruding open lips, pointed... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.27
Dance Mask W/Hat
Elongated dance mask with Kuba feathered hat. Red, white and black striped diagonal designs on each cheek. Large protruding forehead of red and black faded geometric designs on forehead. Slit eyes outlined in white paint in black orbits, long large w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.28
Dance Mask, (Pibibuze)
Circular dance mask with white heart-shaped face, bulgy pierced close set oval-shaped eyes, oval pierced pursed mouth, brown patina.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.29
Dance Mask
Oval-shaped dance mask with white heart-shaped face, long narrow wedge-shaped face, long narrow wedge-shaped nose with small pierced nostrils. Protruding eyes with pierced slit centers, crescent-shaped open pierced pursed mouth. Handle on back to hol... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.30
Dance Mask
Dance mask with oval-shaped head, heart-shaped face, oval-shaped pierced mouth and eyes with notched edges. Wedge-shaped nose, dark brown patina over buff-colored wood.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.31
Dance Mask
Dance mask with large bulgy forehead, bas-relief line from top of mask down to nose, slit open eyes, high crescent-shaped ears. Large wedge-shaped nose, rectangular open mouth, pointed chin. Chin, nose and cheeks show wear, black patina over entire s... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.32
Dance Mask
Dark brown dance mask with buff-colored, round heart-shaped face, oval-shaped pierced eyes. Sawtooth designed on bridge of wedge-shaped nose, oval-shaped pierced mouth.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.33
Dance Mask, Kpelie Society, Senufo Style
Kpelie Society dance mask of the Senufo style with elongated face, pointed chin, oval-shaped open mouth, exposing teeth. Long thin nose, small nostrils, almond-shaped slit eyes, knobbed forehead. Flat appendages on the side of cheeks and on forehead,... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.34
Dance Mask
Black oval-shaped dance mask with straight eyebrows, cut across buff-colored forehead. Short wide wedge shaped nose, red and white lines encircling eyes with black centers. Red and black paint on diamond-shaped protruding mouth, with white centers ex... View Full Record
Drum
2014.1.35
Drum / Pot Holder
Buff-colored clay drum with a long cylindrical body, wide trumpet flanged rim. Face with engraved features of high arched eyebrows, conical bulgy eyes, small linear nose. Crescent-shaped mouth, linear geometric designs under the mouth, extending down... View Full Record
Vessel, Clay
2014.1.36
Vessel, Clay
Gourd-shaped clay vessel with round bottom, short conical cylindrical neck, with wide trumpet-shaped flanged rim. Black neck, rim and bottom, bas-relief designs of circular designs separated by vertical lines on the shoulders. Bas-relief band around... View Full Record
Pot, Beer
2014.1.37
Clay Beer Pot
Large pot with round bottom, bands around neck with black trumpet rim. Two bands around lower portion with triple crescent-shaped designs, divided by three bands. Two vertical undulating bands in lower band, separating crescent-shaped designs.... View Full Record
Figure, Standing, Female
2014.1.38
Standing Female Figure
Standing female figure with large round head, pointed D-shaped ears, deepset eyebrows and eyes. Wedge-shaped nose, slit mouth, flat cheeks, cylindrical neck. Boneless bent arms, carved close to body, round protruding breasts, large buttocks, slightly... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.39
Monkey Dance Mask
Monkey dance mask with arched eyebrows, slit almond-shaped eyes, conical nose carved away from face. Wide crescent-shaped open mouth, from side-to-side with flat upper lip. Black patina over lower portion, worn buff-colored exposed on eyelids, forehe... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.40
Gela Dance Mask
Dance mask with elongated face, pointed chin and six-sectioned cornrow styled headress. Protruding forehead, almond-shaped eyelids, crescent-shaped pierced eyes, small wedge-shaped nose. Full open mouth with pierced center, brown patina over entire s... View Full Record
Figure, Male
2014.1.41
Standing Male Figure, (Singiti)
Standing male figure with large round head, hair design on back of head, protruding large round forehead, bulgy eyes with slit centers in large eye orbits. Long bent nose with flanged nostrils, protruding almond-shaped slit mouth, small jaw. Linear b... View Full Record
Figure, Standing, Female
2014.1.42
Standing Female Figure
Standing female figure with elongated head, extended face, pointed chin, protruding mouth, small upturned nose. Almond-shaped slit eyes, large forehead, cloth covered hat with long hair in tail extending down back. Long neck, small shoulders, boneles... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.43
Fetish Mask, (Komo Society Mask).
Crocodile fetish mask with horned animal, quills and cloth, attached to a heavily libation covered fetish, with a long open snout, exposing jagged teeth. Reddish brown areas on side, with black horns, black cloth over beginning of open mouth. Quills... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.44
Dance Mask, (Lukwakongo)
Dark brown oval-shaped dance mask, with white heart-shaped face. Protruding oval-shaped pierced eyes, long wedge-shaped nose, with pierced nostrils. Oval-shaped open mouth, small crescent-shaped ears, dark brown raffia from ear-to-ear, around outer e... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.45
Janusform Helmet Mask
Helmet mask in two sections, with Janusform face on both sides. Crescent-shaped ears, large knobbed protruding forehead painted reddish brown. Flat hat-shaped headdress, with two birds perched on each side of helmet. Short thick wedge-shaped nose, pr... View Full Record
Figure, Birds, Pair
2014.1.46
Pair of Birds
Double bodied, single winged birds, with buff-colored foreheads, round heads, small beaks. Red around throats, blue round bodies, small feet, diamond-shaped wings attached to sides.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.47
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge, solid black. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped with sim... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.48
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.49
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.50
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.51
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.52
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.53
Passport Mask
Passport mask with heart-shaped face, pointed chin, white kaolin face, thin wedge-shaped nose and slit eyes. Brown to black edge. Small Lega masks are called Lukwakongo and were worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or grouped w... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.54
Bird Dance Mask
Elongated dance mask with circular head. Red, white and black bands, around protruding eyes. Long open beak with geometric designs along each side, in red and black. Tall flat finial headdress with knob at top, with black, red and white geometric lin... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.55
Helmet Mask
Helmet mask with elongated pointed chin, with hole at the end. Protruding oval-shaped slit mouth with red center, small broad nose, with colored D-shape on top of nose. Deepset conical protruding eyes, with read and white bands around eyes, with hole... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.56
Oathtaker (Nkissi Nkondi)
Standing wooden figure with large bald head, glass eyes, broad short nose. Large mouth with open lips, crescent-shaped ears and short cylindrical neck. Round pads of medicine adhered to wooden body by rusty nails, other rusty nails stuck into body ar... View Full Record
Figure, Horse and Rider
2014.1.57
Horse and Rider
Male figure seated on saddle, astride four-legged horse with slightly dropped head in front. Long straight tail, four straight legs with hooves, short neck, erect ears, long muzzle, large eyes. Figure with oval-shaped head, protruding jaw, round hat... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual
2014.1.58
Helmet Dance Mask
Helmet dance mask with elongated face, broad jaw and chin, crescent-shaped protruding mouth. Broad nose with flared nostrils, large half-moon pierced bulgy eyes. Brown heavy forehead, three-sectioned black headdress, crescent-shaped ears, well back o... View Full Record
Figure, Male
2014.1.59
Male Figure
Standing male figure with oval-shaped head with pointed chin, oval-shaped mouth exposing teeth with white center. White geographic designs on cheeks, large almond-shaped eyes, heavy eyebrows. Large forehead with tiered combed headdress, small ears, c... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.60
Female Fetish Figure, (Fertility Doll)
Fetish figure with wedge-shaped body, short cylindrical neck, flat jaws, double crescent-shaped headdress. Small face, slit mouth, dotted eyes on one side, flat shoulders, flanged at bottom.... View Full Record
Figure, Female
2014.1.61
Standing Female Figure
Standing female figure with large oval-shaped head, almond-shaped slit eyes, heart-shaped face. Sloped shoulders, buff-colored chest, boneless bent arms, carved away from body. Hands attached to protruding buff-colored stomach at navel, short legs wi... View Full Record
Figure, Female
2014.1.62
Standing Female Figure
Standing female figure with oval-shaped head, high double-sectioned combed hairstyle parted in center, high crescent-shaped ears. Large bulgy eyes, flat nose with small nostrils, protruding slit oval-shaped mouth with small chin. Cylindrical neck, sl... View Full Record
Figure, Female
2014.1.63
Elderly Female Figure
Standing female figure with outstretched arms forming cross-shaped figure. Large head, thin straight nose, large crescent-shaped open mouth, sloped slit eyes. Small ears, combed hair, cylindrical neck, small female breasts. Long cylindrical body, bon... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.64
Standing Fetish Figure
Standing fetish figure with small fetish attached to shoulders and stomach implant. Large head, bulgy large open eyes, large crescent-shaped ears, nose extending from top of forehead, flat shoulders. Cylindrical body, small boneless arms carved next... View Full Record
Figure, Maternity
2014.1.65
Maternity Figure
Standing female maternity figure with crescent-shaped ears, crescent-shaped headdress, arched black eyebrows, oval-shaped eyes. Wedge-shaped nose, crescent-shaped slit mouth, black hair. Brown body, short cylindrical neck, extended breasts, boneless... View Full Record
Figure, Gourd
2014.1.66
Gourd Figure
Wooden finial on gourd base, large head with round bulgy shell eyes, feathered headdress. Short nose, oval-shaped mouth, thick cylindrical neck, flat shoulders. Boneless bent arms carved close to body, protruding navel with shell inlays on chest and... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.67
Female Fetish Figure
Elongated brown female fetish figure with darkened, sunken cheeks, scarification under slit coffeebean eyes, in deepset orbits. Crescent-shaped ears with holes in lobes, slit mouth, knobbed chin, thick neck. Narrow sloping shoulders, small round brea... View Full Record
Doll, Fetish
2014.1.68
Fetish Doll
Fetish doll with large oval-shaped head, no neck, white cowrie shells inlaid on top of sides of head, eyes and mouth. Small protruding wedge-shaped nose, brownish wrapped body, with reddish brown material wrapped around face, head, neck and body. Bla... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.69
Male Fetish Figure
Standing male fetish figure with large head, upturned large nose, almond-shaped slit eyes in deepset orbits. Protruding slit lips, small pointed chin, short cylindrical neck, flat shoulders. Feathers in cloth bags on each shoulder, small hole in cyli... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish
2014.1.70
Male Fetish Figure
Standing male fetish figure with large crescent-shaped headdress on top of elongated oval-shaped head. Large bulgy eyes with black centers, large crescent-shaped ears, long wedge-shaped nose. Small protruding slit mouth, scarification on each cheek b... View Full Record
Figure, Female
2014.1.71
Elderly Female Figure
Female figure with upraised arms behind large oval-shaped head, extended forward. Large protruding eyes, wedge-shaped short nose, full protruding lips, small crescent-shaped ears, small pointed breasts. Protruding stomach with large navel, short bent... View Full Record
Bellows
2014.1.72
Bellows
Bellows with an abstract geometric head finial, with protruding face on flat front side, large eyes, wedge-shaped nose. Slit mouth, long neck with large circular openings in front forming bellows with legs below. Hollow through each leg and through t... View Full Record
Gourd, Milk
2014.1.73
Gourd Milk Bottle
Gourd shaped body with orange color, short cylindrical neck, leather rim. Drinking gourd turned upside down, wedged inside leather neck, black designs at bottom with black stripe on side. Reddish brown tones, leather straps holding gourd to cup on si... View Full Record
Gourd, Milk
2014.1.74
Milk Gourd
Yellow-ocher gourd, milk container with raffia cover. Held with brown leather straps, with white cowrie shell beads on leather, tight lid.... View Full Record
Gourd, Vessel
2014.1.75
Double Gourd Vessel, (Calabash)
Double gourd vessel , with leather attached to bottom gourd and leather strap around waist. Reddish brown colored gourd at top, black head finial stopper with white inlaid glass eyes.... View Full Record
Whistle
2014.1.76
Yaka Hunter's Whistle
Whistle with large head, almond-shaped eyes, large nose, three-tiered headdress. Short neck, bulgeous hollow body, mouthpiece at bottom. Black patina over entire surface.... View Full Record
Headrest
2014.1.77
Wooden Headrest, (Gemma)
Crescent-shaped headrest, short column extending into bell-shaped pedestal base of light tan wood. Dark brown patina.... View Full Record
Cup, Wood
2014.1.78
Wooden Cup, W/Face
Cup with large head, black face, crosshatched hair with cylindrical rim on top. Small ears, large bulgy almond-shaped eyes, small wedge-shaped nose, scarification on each cheek. Protruding almond-shaped open mouth with zigzag teeth, small chin, wedge... View Full Record
Drum
2014.1.79
Wooden Luba Drum
Cylindrical hollow drum with laced tan skin on top, with two bas-relief black faces on each side.... View Full Record
Headrest, Janusform
2014.1.80
Janusform Headrest
Janusform headrest with crescent-shaped area, to house neck and head with each side. Bas-relief fades at each end with wedge-shaped nose on each head, bulgy slit eyes, protruding full lips. Shoulders extend into neck around ears. Dark patina over ent... View Full Record
Staff of Office
2014.1.81
Staff of Office
Long staff with planished diamond-shaped form at one end with left end missing. Spiraled metal designs on the side, spiral end fits on long shaft with square shape. Rust over flat areas.... View Full Record
Arrows
2014.1.82
Arrows, Three
Three arrow points of iron with wooden shafts. Wrapped iron at base of arrows. Iron connectors at top and bottom of shafts, creating a fan-like effect.... View Full Record
Bow, Wood
2014.1.83
Stringed Wooden Bow
Stringed wooden bow.... View Full Record
Quiver, W/Arrows
2014.1.84
Leather and Wood Quiver
Leather, wood and skin quiver, with eight iron/wood arrows and string strap.... View Full Record
Shirt, Hunter
2014.1.85
Hausa Priest's Divination Gown
Yellow ocher cloth coat containing skulls, bones, teeth and rectangular fetish symbols or medallions sewn on pull-over coat. Worn by witchdoctor.... View Full Record
Legal Tender
2014.1.86
Legal Tender
Legal tender represented by a pair of elongated leaf-shaped blades, with elongated ends and a flattenen diamond-shaped hilt, with a long thin tang. Shows some rust.... View Full Record
Legal Tender
2014.1.87
Legal Tender
Legal tender represented by a pair of elongated leaf-shaped blades, with elongated ends and a flattenen diamond-shaped hilt, with a long thin tang. Shows some rust.... View Full Record
Figure, Maternity, Shrine
2014.1.88
Shrine Maternity Figure
Shrine maternity figure with large oval-shaped head, high crescent-shaped hairstyle, painted blue. Large broad nose, large bulgy eyes, blue eyebrows, large crescent-shaped ears, large protruding open lips. Band around center of long neck, necklace wi... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.89
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta
Buff or orange-colored, with traces of red, clay or terracotta, Akan head. Most likely used as a grave marker. Round face with bulgy eyes, small nose, slit open mouth.... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.90
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta
Buff or orange-colored, with traces of red, clay or terracotta, Akan head. Most likely used as a grave marker. Round face with bulgy eyes, small nose, slit open mouth.... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.91
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta
Buff or orange-colored, with traces of red, clay or terracotta, Akan head. Most likely used as a grave marker. Round face with bulgy eyes, small nose, slit open mouth.... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.92
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta
Buff or orange-colored, with traces of red, clay or terracotta, Akan head. Most likely used as a grave marker. Round face with bulgy eyes, small nose, slit open mouth.... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.93
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta
Buff or orange-colored, with traces of red, clay or terracotta, Akan head. Most likely used as a grave marker. Round face with bulgy eyes, small nose, slit open mouth.... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.94
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta Head
Hollow hand-fashioned grave marker head, with crescent-shaped ears low on head. Round forehead with series of knobs near hairline in bas-relief, red buff clay with white calcification in the crevices. Coffeebean slit eyes, crescent-shaped small mouth... View Full Record
Grave Marker
2014.1.95
Grave Marker, Clay or Terracotta Head
Hollow hand-fashioned clay figure with round head, three knobs on top of forehead, large coffeebean slit eyes. Broad wedge-shaped nose, open mouth with protruding lips, small chin, nose and eyes. Lower lip and bottom of ringed neck shows wear. Dark b... View Full Record
Grave Marker, Seated, Female
2014.1.96
Seated Female Grave Marker
Seated female grave marker with flat open concaved head on top, pointed chin, donut-shaped eyes, small nose, thick neck. Cylindrical bent arms attached to bent knees, large feet with toes, large navel, small protruding breasts. Light tan with dark br... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Maternity
2014.1.97
Bronze Goldweight, Maternity Figure
Maternity figure with large head, braided spiked headdress, large bulgy eyes. Wedge-shaped nose, protruding slit mouth, crescent-shaped ears, cylindrical neck, small protruding breasts. Sloped shoulders, boneless bent arms fashioned away from body, r... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.98
Bronze Goldweight, Hornbill
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Hornbill bird with large beak, large round protruding eyes. Halfmoon-shaped ringed wings, short legs, atop small square base. Multi-colored oxidation over entire surface. From white to light green, to a tannish brown... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.99
Bronze Goldweight, WartHog
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Warthog with large round nose, two sets of tusks, one larger set towards the front, and a smaller set towards the back of mouth area. Large round protruding eyes. Four short legs, back two bent in half sitting positi... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.100
Bronze Goldweight, Man Getting Fruit From a Tree
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Man getting fruit from a tree. Man with basket, atop small tree with legs holding on to either side of tree. Round head with large protruding eyes, hair on top of head. Two extended arms, one holding fruit. Small cir... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.101
Bronze Goldweight, Bird
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Flamingo-like bird. Long thin beak and head, attached to back. Long neck, long flat tail. Single leg standing atop small square base. Multi-colored oxidation over entire surface. From white to light green, to a tanni... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.102
Bronze Goldweight, Two—Headed Bird
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Two-headed bird figure. Two short beaks, two long necks, small round protruding eyes and three knobs on top of either head. Circular markings on either side of base, where necks attach, atop small square base. Multi-... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.103
Bronze Goldweight, Mud Skipper
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Mud Skipper figure. Large catfish-like head, large lips, two small round protruding eyes atop back center of head. Large fin on right side, small fin on left side. Tail coiled around left side, attached to left side... View Full Record
Figure, Goldweight, Bronze
2014.1.104
Bronze Goldweight, Turtle
Lost wax cast, bronze goldweight. Turtle figure. Long neck with triangular-shaped head, two large round protruding eyes atop back of head. Four short stubby legs with round feet. Short stubby tail. Twelve round knobs, on top of upper and side areas o... View Full Record
Staff of Office
2014.1.105
Staff of Office, Axe
Staff featuring an elongated smooth worn wooden handle with flanged end, iron sickle-shaped blade extending from larger end with browning patina. Cross-hatch etching cna be found on the blade, along with a seratted edge on the inner blade. About two... View Full Record
Handle, Fly Whisk
2014.1.106
Ivory Fly Whisk Handle
Honey-colored ivory, six-tiered fly whisk handle, with carved geometric designs, opening at smooth bottom. Faceted top section, with flanged gourd shaped-sections, on second, third and fifth tiers. Diamond-shaped patterns on fourth tier.... View Full Record
Comb, Wood
2014.1.107
Luba Wooden Comb
Comb with six teeth. Luba head finial with pointed chin, slit protruding mouth, flat nose, slit deepset eyes. Headdress well back on head forming large forehead. Series of inverted D-shaped designs on breast area. Black patina over entire surface.... View Full Record
Comb, Wood
2014.1.108
Asante Wooden Comb
Buff-colored wooden comb with oval-shaped head finial. Pointed chin and short ringed cylindrical neck. Nose and eyebrows in a T-shaped form, bulgy eyes, slit mouth, broad shoulders. Flat rectangular body, as bottom of comb extends into eight pointed... View Full Record
Forawa
2014.1.109
Forawa or Kuduo Container
Planished container with dome-shaped lid, with repousse animals and insects along top of lid. Animal forms plainished in two bands around body, flat foot. Greenish gray oxidation over entire brass container.... View Full Record
Blade of Office
2014.1.110
Mbala Ceremonial Axe
Long blackish brown wooden handle, with round flat head, with hole in center. Wide fan-shaped blade with undulating edge. Some rust on blade.... View Full Record
Knife, Throwing
2014.1.111
Throwing Knife / Sickle Weapon
Large boomerang-shaped iron blade with a heavy dagger-shaped end. Wooden handle wrapped in copper wire, crescent-shaped sharp object near the handle on the blade. Bird-like at end of blade with hole for eye.... View Full Record
Knife, Kuba
2014.1.112
Bushongo, Kuba, "Ikula" Knife
Knife with geometric design on short wooden handle and hilt. Leaf-shaped iron blade, inner lines following outer shape of blade.... View Full Record
Cleaver, Kuba
2014.1.113
Sickle—shaped, Kuba Cleaver
Large cleaver, sickle-shaped blade with sharp edge on outer rim. Brown wooden handle, with the top wrapped in brass wire.... View Full Record
Knife, Poto
2014.1.114
Poto Knife
Leaf-shaped planished blade, with handle resembling a figure with large head wrapped in cloth. Neck, shoulders and arms wrapped in split bamboo raffia. Flattened arms and body extending from handle to hilt, forming figure.... View Full Record
Sword, Executioner's
2014.1.115
Nagala Executioner's Sword
Long sickle-shaped blade with four pointed thorn-shaped edges, culminating into undulating edge. Three-knobbed handle wrapped in copper wire at the hilt, probably an executioner's blade.... View Full Record
Knife, W/Scabbard
2014.1.116
Yaka Sword / Knife, W/Scabbard
Knife with wooden skin-covered handle, with a conical finial. Skin-covered scabbard, with lightly embossed birds and knives on flat circular end.... View Full Record
Knife, Kuba
2014.1.117
Kuba Knife / Small Sword
Knife with large wooden handle, flat hand-hammered blade, expanding at pointed end with an undulating point.... View Full Record
Staff, Ceremonial
2014.1.118
Fon Ceremonial Staff
Ceremonial staff with long black wooden handle. Iron end and fan-shaped slightly rusted iron blade, with engraved markings following the flanged edges. Coiled strip type iron extending from the beginning of the hilt, and extending along the blade.... View Full Record
Knife, Kuba
2014.1.119
Kuba / Nkutshu Dagger
Ritual knife / dagger with long planished blade, with two sharp peaks on either side of the sharpened blade. Six circular designs in the center near the wooden handle, wrapped in copper wire.... View Full Record
Axe, Ceremonial
2014.1.120
Songye Parade Axe
Well-polished long wooden handle, with flanged end at bottom and flat oval geometric criss-cross design on side at top with attached blade flattened into a wide fan-like shape with an undulating cutting edge.... View Full Record
Knife, Kuba
2014.1.121
Kuba Knife
Long knife with a leaf-shaped planished blade, brown wooden hilt and handle. Teardrop finial.... View Full Record
Sword, Poto
2014.1.122
Poto Sword
Sword with a leaf-shaped blade, with undulating sharp edges. Handle forms head wrapped in skin with long neck, shoulders, arms and body of a figure. Neck, arms and body wrapped in split bamboo raffia.... View Full Record
Sword, Kuba
2014.1.123
Kuba Sword, Double Gourd—Shaped
Knife with long double gourd-shaped iron blade, with flat point. Embossed bas-relief dots along outer edge, half-circle designs in center. Wrapped copper wire over wooden handle.... View Full Record
Knife, Kuba
2014.1.124
Kuba Knife, 8—pointed
Knife / Sword with four extended undulating points on each side. Lines down center of blade, buff-colored wooden spool-like handle, with crack on side of handle. Slight rust on pointed areas.... View Full Record
Sword, W/Sheath
2014.1.125
Salampasu Sword W/Sheath
Knife with wooden handle, undulating blade with planished edges. Straight broad scabbard covered with cloth, with abstract facial features on front.... View Full Record
Knife W/Scabbard
2014.1.126
Chief's Knife
Probably Chief's knife with seated buff-colored female figure form handle. Leaf-shaped blade, leather quiver of modern manufacture.... View Full Record
Cloth, Status, Alligator
2014.1.127
Beaded Alligator Status Cloth
Status cloth worn over shoulders of a noble, covered beaded alligator with short curved green tail. Two short legs extending from each side, orange face with two yellow round eyes. Dark blue, light blue, orange and two-tone green stripes, following e... View Full Record
Ladder, House Post
2014.1.128
Y—shaped House Post and Ladder
Long trunk of wood with Y-shaped branch at top. Seven niches carved to form steps along trunk, buff-colored with white kaolin. Worn areas on Y-shaped area, base and each step.... View Full Record
Post, Architectural, Carved
2014.1.129
Wooden Architectural Post, W/Two Carved Figures
Buff-colored door monolith with two figures, female at bottom and male at top. Female with red mouth, wide short nose, open eyes and mouth exposing teeth. Teardrop-shaped body, small saggy breasts, large navel, boneless bent legs. Feet indicating toe... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia
2014.1.130
Kuba, Eight Sectioned Raffia Cloth
Elongated eight sections of cloth, with buff-colored brown stitchery. Geometric designs of interlaced forms, reflecting a woven pattern.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.131
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.132
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.133
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.134
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.135
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.136
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.137
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.138
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.139
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.140
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.141
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.142
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.143
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.144
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Cloth, Raffia, Cut-pile, Panel
2014.1.145
Kuba, Raffia Cloth, Cut—pile, (Kasai Velvet or Shoowa Fabric)
Geometric buff, white and black stitchery on buff-colored cloth. Patterns used by female to set up ritually used cloth, almost like samplers.... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ikpobi
2015.2.1
Idoma Ikpobi Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask. Hairline formed by three arcs, narrow slit eyes, slightly open protruding mouth containing three large teeth. Scarification marks running vertically over middle of forehead, down long slender nose and forming a square sh... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Hemba
2015.2.2
Hemba Chimpanzee Dance Mask, (Mwisi Gwa So'o)
Wooden oval-shaped dance mask. Convex eyelids with narrow slits emerging from shallow sockets beneath arched brows. Long thin pointed nose, strongly set off from the face area. Broad narrow mouth opening, which gives the appearance of grinning. Protr... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Idoma
2015.2.3
Idoma Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask. Narrow slit coffeebean-shaped eyes, slightly open protruding mouth containing row of top teeth. Large full lips and nose. Scarification marks running vertically over middle of forehead and each cheek, starting just under... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ituri
2015.2.4
Ituri Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask. Small circular closely placed eyes, slightly open protruding mouth. Prominent brow. Triangular-shaped slightly protruding nose. Small ears, with large slightly curved chin. Dark brown wood, possibly brown patina covering... View Full Record
Mask, Dance
2015.2.5
Ngare or Mahongwe Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden mask, coming to a square shape at top of forehead. Elongated concave face, elongated triangle nose, merging into a narrow ridge at upper point, in between eyes. Coffebean-shaped slit eyes, below a long forehead and hair line. Circu... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Lwalwa
2015.2.6
Lwalwa Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, coming to a triangular-shaped elongated chin. Projecting triangular nose, narrow slit eyes with rectangular-shaped outlines. Concave face, set off from the forehead by a projecting browline with comb-like coiffure, comin... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Lega
2015.2.7
Lega Dance Mask
Oval-shaped dance mask with white heart-shaped face, long narrow wedge-shaped face, long narrow wedge-shaped nose with small pierced nostrils. Triangular-shaped eyes with pierced slit centers, crescent-shaped open pierced pursed mouth. Dark brown pat... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Lega
2015.2.8
Lega Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden dance mask with heart-shaped concave facial area, slightly protruding brow and long narrow wedge-shaped nose, with small pierced nostrils. Oval-shaped protruding eyes with pierced slit centers, crescent-shaped open pierced mouth. T... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Makonde
2015.2.9
Makonde Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden dance mask with heart-shaped concave facial area, slightly protruding brow with large protruding triangular-shaped nose. Oval-shaped protruding eyes with pierced slit centers, oval-shaped open pierced mouth. Two crescent-shaped sca... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.10
Pende Dance Mask
Wooden dance mask with protruding forehead and raised brow, deepset down-cast slit eyes with slit centers, and heavy upper lids. Wedge-shaped nose, slit slightly protruding mouth and upper lip. Small coiffure atop head, long neck with diamond-shaped,... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.11
Ogoni Dance Mask
Circular-shaped wooden Ogoni zoomorphic mask, with long protruding wedge-shaped nose, extending from top of forehead to lower face area. Large circular slightly protruding eyes, large circular protruding mouth with pierced diamond-shaped opening. Sma... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.12
Dan Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with long protruding triangular-shaped nose and large nostrils. Circular concave eye sockets, with pierced slit eyes. Large full lips with slightly open mouth. Small C-shaped ears. Possible scarification marks on forehe... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish, Kongo, Nkisi
2015.2.13
Congo Nkisi Nkondi Fetish Figure
Standing wooden figure with large head, wearing a cloth, feather and cowrie shell hat. Broad short nose, large mouth with open lips, showing top row of teeth. Oval-shaped ears, no visible neck. Round pads of medicine adhered to wooden body by rusty n... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Pwo
2015.2.14
Chokwe, Female Dance Mask
Oval-shaped face with coffeebean slit eyes in concave orbits. Wedge-shaped nose with circular nostrils, scarification on cheeks and forehead. Crescent-shaped slightly open mouth with zigzag teeth. Cloth or possibly animal hair attached to top of mask... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Lumbo
2015.2.15
Lumbo/Vuvi/Mitsogho Style Reliquary Figure
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with full slightly open lips, small triangular nose and oval-shaped eyes set under double crescent-shaped eyebrows. Crescent-shaped ears, small rowed coiffure atop of head. Entire figure area covered with light brown o... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Lumbo
2015.2.16
Lumbo/Vuvi/Mitsogho Style Reliquary Figure
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with full slightly open lips, small triangular nose and oval-shaped eyes set under double crescent-shaped eyebrows. Small scarification mark on forehead, in the shape of an X. Crescent-shaped ears, small mohawk-like co... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Lumbo
2015.2.17
Lumbo/Vuvi/Mitsogho Style Reliquary Figure
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with full black slightly open lips, small triangular nose and black coffeebean-shaped eyes set under double crescent-shaped eyebrows. Dark brown crisscross-shaped scarification mark on forehead. Small dark brown mohawk... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Boa
2015.2.18
Boa War Mask
Elongated oval-shaped wooden dance mask, with small crescent-shaped inset eyes, in concave facial area. Elongated oval-shaped nose, starting at center of straight pronounced brow. Small oval-shaped mouth, with one jagged tooth protruding from top rig... View Full Record
Shield, Wood, Kifwebe
2015.2.19
Male Kifwebe Figure Shield
Large wooden, oval/hourglass-shaped shield. Adorned with a male Kifwebe style, central mask. Protruding wedge-shaped nose, leading into a male central crest, extending to top of forehead. Thin crescent-shaped eyes, protruding U-shaped mouth with visi... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Fang
2015.2.20
Fang Style Reliquary Figure
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with thin slightly open lips, small triangular nose, leading into eyebrows. Small circular eyes set under crescent-shaped eyebrows, in a concave facial area. Left eye has what appears to be a nail in it. Concave curvat... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Fang
2015.2.21
Fang Style Reliquary Figure / Byeri Box Top
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with thin slightly open lips, small triangular nose, leading into eyebrows. Small circular eyes set under crescent-shaped eyebrows, in concave facial area. Eyes have what appears to be nails in them. Concave facial are... View Full Record
Figure, Reliquary, Fang
2015.2.22
Fang Style Reliquary Figure, W/Basket
Wooden reliquary figure, carved with slightly open mouth, showing row of upper teeth. Small triangular nose, leading into deep protruding crescent-shaped eyebrows. Circular unpierced eyes set in concave facial area. D-shaped ears on either side of ro... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Bamileke
2015.2.23
Bamileke Style, Female Dance Mask
Oval-shaped face with large elliptical-shaped eyes with large circuler pupils. Large slightly protruding crescent-shaped eyebrows. Wedge-shaped nose with circular flared nostrils. Crescent-shaped slightly open mouth with upper and lower front teeth.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Bembe Style
2015.2.24
Bembe Style, Dance Mask
Oval-shaped face, with large oval-shaped concave eye sockets and smaller oval-shaped pierced eyes. Long rectangular-shaped nose, extending from above mouth to very top of central forhead. Small oval-shaped slightly open mouth. Half circle-shaped groo... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish, Kongo, Nkisi
2015.2.25
Kongo Nkisi Nkondi Fetish Figure, Kakongo River Area
Standing wooden figure with large head, and chest plate. Large inverted, D-shaped eyes, with small circular pupils and large prominent dark eyebrows. Broad slightly protruding wedge-shaped nose, large mouth with open lips, showing top row of teeth. O... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Songye
2015.2.26
Male Kifwebe Style Mask
Large wooden, square-shaped, male Kifwebe style mask. Protruding wedge-shaped nose, leading into a protruding male central crest, extending to top of forehead, and coming to a point. Thin slit-shaped eyes, outlined in white in slightly protruding dar... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Bena Lulua
2015.2.27
Bena Lulua Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with protruding slit eyes in large concave orbits. Rectangular-shaped protruding pierced mouth. Rectangular-shaped nose, leading into large prominent crescent-shaped eyebrows. Scarification mark running up center of nose... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Idoma
2015.2.28
Idoma Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask. Narrow slit slightly protruding eyes, under thin concave carved, crescent-shaped eyebrows. Open protruding mouth, with full lips, containing top and bottom rows of individually carved teeth. Large protruding nose, with u... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Fang
2015.2.29
Fang Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with small crescent-shaped pierced eyes, set into heart-shaped concave face. Large arched eyebrows leading over concave facial area, coming to an arch before and continuing over, small flat pierced rectangular-shaped ear... View Full Record
Drum, Luba Style
2015.2.30
Wooden Luba Style Drum
Hollow wooden drum, with circuler top portion, leading downward into tube-like mid-section, to another circular bottom portion, atop a smaller circular two-tiered base. Two arms, starting at bottom of top circular portion of drum, carved away from mi... View Full Record
Harp, Mangbetu Style
2015.2.31
Mangbetu Style Anthropomorphic Harp
Wooden harp instrument, carved in traditional guitar-like shape, with a smooth black rounded back and flat black top or belly, covered with skin. Long cylindrical neck or bridge, with three sections of pock marked metal encircling neck, ending with a... View Full Record
Helmet, Mask, Chamba
2015.2.32
Chamba, Bush Spirit, Helmet Mask
Wooden helmet mask, with rounded head and flat bottom. Elongated U-shaped mouth, flat on top and bottom, but with rounded ridges on all four corners. Rounded interior of mouth is pierced or hallow, allowing visibility for wearer. Protruding half circ... View Full Record
Figure, Statue, Congo
2015.2.33
Female Bembe or Basumba Ancestor Figure
Standing wooden female figure with large oval-shaped eyes and large circular pupils. Large crescent-shaped inset eyebrows, leading into rectangular-shaped nose with flared nostrils. V-shaped upper lip, leading down to slightly open mouth with visible... View Full Record
Figure, Statue, Punu
2015.2.34
Punu Maternity or Fertility Statue, Mother and Two Babies
Sitting wooden female figure. Large oval-shaped protruding slit eyes, in heart-shaped concave face. Wedge-shaped nose with slightly flared nostrils, over slightly protruding crescent-shaped mouth, which gives the appearance of grinning. Large protrud... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.35
Dan Female Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden female face mask, with long protruding triangular-shaped nose and slightly flared nostrils, over small pierced circular nostril holes. Large circular concave pierced eyes, slightly protruding crescent-shaped eyebrows over concave h... View Full Record
Knife, Throwing, Matakam
2015.2.36
Matakam Throwing Knife
Double sickel-shaped throwing knife. Larger sickel-shaped top of blade, leading down to smaller sickel-shaped central area of blade, with a small opposite point in center of blade, were the two sickel shapes converge. Long flat handle, extending down... View Full Record
Mask, Shoulder, Yoke, Sukwava
2015.2.37
Benue River Area, Sukwava Shoulder Mask
Wooden oval-shaped face, with protruding circular eyes, protruding wedge-shaped nose, protruding full lips and grooved bearded chin. Large hanging rectangular-shaped ears, with hallow rectangular openings in the center. Long cylindrical neck, wrapped... View Full Record
Figure, Standing, Female
2015.2.38
Baoule Standing Female Statue
Standing female figure with oval-shaped head, pointed oval-shaped eyes in concave face under M-shaped brow, leading into wedge-shaped nose. Large mouth with protruding lips exposing teeth. Large crescent-shaped ears, with large metal hoop-shaped earr... View Full Record
Figure, Standing, Female
2015.2.39
Igbo Alusi Standing Female Figure
Tall standing wooden, female Igbo Statue. Oval-shaped face with small circular inset eyes and wedge-shaped nose over slightly protruding mouth, with visible grooved teeth. Large D-shaped ears with dark brown helmet-like headdress, covering forehead,... View Full Record
Figure, Standing, Male
2015.2.40
Igbo Alusi Standing Male Figure
Tall standing wooden, male Igbo Statue. Oval-shaped face with small circular inset eyes and wedge-shaped nose over slightly protruding mouth, with visible grooved teeth. Large D-shaped ears with dark brown helmet-like headdress, covering forehead, si... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.41
Baoule, Goli Style, Kplekple Mask
Circular or disk-shaped wooden mask, with large inverted teardrop-shaped eyes, outlined by white and red paint, black centers and holes in the lower center areas. Black circular interior, with crescent-shaped mouth and white teeth. White and red bord... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.42
Baoule, Goli Style, Kplekple Mask
Oval-shaped wooden dance mask, with large inverted teardrop-shaped eyes, outlined by white and red paint, black centers and triangular-shaped holes in the lower center areas. Black oval-shaped interior, with rectangular-shaped mouth and white teeth.... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Lega
2015.2.43
Lega Style Dance Mask, (Lukwakongo)
Dark brown oval-shaped dance mask, with heart-shaped face. Protruding oval-shaped pierced eyes, long wedge-shaped nose, with pierced nostrils. Oval-shaped open mouth, tan or light brown raffia beard around entire lower outer edge of jaw. Scarificatio... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Songye, Luba
2015.2.44
Songye—Luba Style Kifwebe Style Mask
Large wooden, circular, probably male Kifwebe style mask. Protruding wedge-shaped nose, leading into a protruding male central crest, extending to top of forehead. Rectangular pierced eyes, in slightly protruding dark oval-shaped orbits. Protruding o... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish, Kongo
2015.2.45
Kongo Fetish Figure, Possibly Yombe
Standing wooden figure with large oval-shaped flat face, long rectangular-shaped nose leading to top of forehead, small slit eyes and small oval-shaped mouth. Sideways V-shaped ears, under ridge adorned with cowrie shells, spanning to top center of h... View Full Record
Figure, Fetish, Statue
2015.2.46
Chokwe Style Fetish Figure or Statue
Standing wooden figure with oval-shaped face, coffeebean eyes, large crescent-shaped eyebrows, wedge-shaped nose with flared nostrils and slightly protruding full lips. Scarification on forehead. Crescent-shaped ears in front of long criss-cross cove... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Dance
2015.2.47
Chokwe Style Female Mask
Oval-shaped face with slit pierced eyes in concave orbits, with double crescent-shaped eyebrows. Wedge-shaped nose with circular nostrils. Horizontal and criss-cross-shaped scarification on cheeks and right, left, top center and center of forehead. O... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Male
2015.2.48
Chokwe Style, Male Dance Mask
Wooden male Chokwe style dance mask, with round black cap, covered in a diamond-shaped pattern in a band around hair line area. Oval-shaped face, coming to a flat squared off chin. Almond-shaped protruding slit eyes in concave orbits, under high arch... View Full Record
Headrest, Trukane, Kenya
2015.2.49
Turkana Headrest
Wooden headrest with small circular flat top, flat rectanguler mid-section and bowed bottom portion, with rounded outer edges. Dark brown patina covering most of wooden surface, with tan or light brown areas around lower base, and one area on top cir... View Full Record
Headrest, Northern Kenya
2015.2.50
Northern Kenyan Headrest
Wooden headrest with small circular flat bottom and small depression in bottom center. Flat rectanguler mid-section and slightly bowed, oval-shaped top. Holes in top and bottom center portion of mid-section, with woven leather strap, or handle insert... View Full Record
Headrest, Samburu, Northern Kenya
2015.2.51
Samburu Headrest
Slightly bowed, three-sided, rectangular-shaped, wooden headrest. Three small vertical holes in central area of right and left sides. Light brown or tan in color.... View Full Record
Statue, Figure, Standing
2015.2.52
West African Statue
Standing, wooden, possibly female figure. Small oval-shaped eyes, wedge-shaped nose, slit mouth, wearing a patterned headdress and skirt. Arms carved into body, small barley visible breasts and navel. Square feet, entire wooden surface covered in dar... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Kuba
2015.2.53
Kuba Dance or Funerary Mask
Carved wooden elongated dance or funerary mask with, orange, white and dark brown striped vertical designs on each upper cheek. Large protruding forehead with circular design in center and four strings of beads and a cowrie shell hanging down. Slit e... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.54
Dan Female Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden female face mask, with long protruding triangular-shaped nose, under small pierced slit eyes, in concave orbits. Slightly protruding central forehead area over eyes. Slightly protruding circular lips coming to a point under nose. L... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.55
Congo Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with long slightly protruding triangular-shaped nose, extending to top of forehead. Oval-shaped protruding pierced mouth. Almond-shaped, protruding pierced eyes. Crescent-shaped ridges cascade upward and downward from ey... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.56
West African Mask
Square-shaped wooden face mask, with large pronounced crescent-shaped brow, protruding triangular-shaped nose, Almond-shaped protruding pierced mouth. Almond-shaped, slightly protruding pierced eyes in concave orbits. One crescent-shaped and one more... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.57
Pende Mbuya Dance Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask with large forehead. Large dark brown hook-shaped eyebrows, leading into a long dark brown rectangular-shaped nose, coming to a point at the bottom. Small dark brown circular eyes and mouth. Small C-shaped ears, with dark... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.58
Yaure Je Celebration Mask
Painted Yaure style wooden face mask. Elongated almond-shaped face with long protruding triangular-shaped nose, protruding crescent-shaped mouth and pierced slit almond-shaped eyes, set under a high forehead. An elaborate coiffure, resembling a stork... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.59
Yaure Je Celebration Mask
Painted Yaure style wooden face mask. Elongated almond-shaped face with long protruding triangular-shaped nose, protruding mouth with full lips, and pierced slit almond-shaped eyes, set under a high forehead. An elaborate coiffure, resembling two hor... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.60
Yaure Je Celebration Mask
Painted Yaure style wooden face mask. Elongated almond-shaped face with long protruding triangular-shaped nose, square pierced protruding mouth and pierced slit almond-shaped eyes, set under a high forehead. Six horns of varying colors and sizes prot... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.61
Punu Mask
Egg-shaped wooden face, with small crescent-shaped eyebrows, small crescent-shaped ears and pierced slit crescent-shaped eyes, in circular orbits. Wedge-shaped nose, large full dark brown lips. Large, dark brown, three part coiffure, coming to a larg... View Full Record
Mask, Helmet, Gola
2015.2.62
Gola, Sande Society, Mask
Wooden helmet mask, with egg-shaped top portion, with two ridges at very bottom, above base. Oval-shaped eyes in concave orbits, wedge-shaped nose, small mouth, D-shaped ears. Dark brown grooved hairline, coming to a central point, in center of foreh... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Bena Lulua
2015.2.63
Bena Lulua Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with protruding slit eyes in large concave orbits. Crescent-shaped protruding pierced mouth. Small nose, blended into large prominent crescent-shaped eye orbits. Scarification marks of various patterns, covering most of... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Fang
2015.2.64
Fang Style Mask
Wooden face mask, round at the top and square at the bottom. Small almond-shaped pierced eyes, set into heart-shaped concave face. Long triangular-shaped nose, over oval-shaped mouth. Small C-shaped ears. Dark brown protruding wedge-shaped coiffure,... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ngare
2015.2.65
Ngare Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden mask, coming to a square shape at top of forehead. Elongated concave face, elongated triangle nose, merging into a narrow ridge at upper point, in between eyes. Coffebean-shaped pierced slit eyes, below a long forehead and hair lin... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Congo
2015.2.66
Congo Style Mask
Circular-shaped wooden face, with large circular eyes, surrounded by what appears to be reddish clay. Wedge-shaped nose, with full lips. Diagonally grooved coiffure, with square shaped, criss-cross protrusions on sides of face. V-shaped neck, with da... View Full Record
Mask, Ritual, Songye
2015.2.67
Male Kifwebe Style Mask
Large wooden, circular-shaped, male Kifwebe style mask. Protruding wedge-shaped nose, leading into a protruding male central crest, extending to top of forehead. Thin slit-shaped eyes. Protruding square-shaped mouth, with diamond-shaped pirced openin... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Congo
2015.2.68
Congo Style Mask
Elongated wooden face mask, with square-shaped eyes, slit and pierced at the bottom, in large deep orbits. Long rectangular-shaped nose, extending to the top of head. Square-shaped mouth with circular pierced opening in the center and X-shaped groove... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Songye
2015.2.69
Kifwebe Style Songye Mask
Elongated wooden face mask, with large elongated square-shaped eyes, with slits at the bottom of eyelids. Long triangular-shaped nose, extending in a pronounced ridge to top of head. Square-shaped mouth with square pierced opening in the center. Cris... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Congo
2015.2.70
Congo Style Mask
Elongated wooden face mask, with large rounded forehead, straight slightly protruding brow, and small slit pierced eyes. Long wedge-shaped nose, extending to center of brow. Square-shaped open mouth, large crescent-shaped pronounced ears. Dark brown... View Full Record
Mask, Dance
2015.2.71
Gabonese Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, coming to a flat top, with small slit pierced eyes, set into heart-shaped slightly concave face. Large arched double eyebrows, coming to a central arch and continuing downward into wedge-shaped nose. Small circular mouth... View Full Record
Statue, Standing, Congo Style
2015.2.72
Congo Style Mask
Standing wooden male statue, with large round head, long wedge-shaped nose, circular-shaped eyes, small almond-shaped mouth and crescent-shaped ears. Arms carved away from body, pointing straight down, with no hands. Stout slightly bent legs, over sq... View Full Record
Statue, Senufo, Seated
2015.2.73
Senufo Style Seated Statue
Seated wooden female figure, with oval-shaped head, long wedge-shaped coiffure, almond-shaped eyes, small oval-shaped mouth and long narrow nose. Arms carved away from body and holding suckling baby. Scarification on breasts, shoulders and face. Fron... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Congo
2015.2.74
Congo Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with large rounded forehead and elongated chin. Slit pierced eyes in large orbits, long wedge-shaped nose with M-shaped nostrils. Full slightly open pierced lips. Rust colored patina or pigment covering entire surface ar... View Full Record
Mask, Fang, Ngil
2015.2.75
Fang Style Ngil Mask
Wooden Fang Ngil mask. Elongated mask with heart-shaped face, a long fine nose, the bridge of which continues past the facial area and almost to the top of mask. Small almond-shaped pierced eyes and oval-shaped open mouth. Black and white paint or pa... View Full Record
Mask, Fang, Ngil
2015.2.76
Fang Style Ngil Mask
Wooden Fang Ngil mask. Elongated mask with heart-shaped face, a long fine nose, the bridge of which continues past the facial area and almost to the top of mask. Small almond-shaped pierced eyes and oval-shaped open mouth. Black and white paint or pa... View Full Record
Mask, Fang, Ngil
2015.2.77
Fang Style Ngil Mask
Wooden Fang Ngil mask. Elongated mask with heart-shaped face and long thin nose. Small almond-shaped pierced eyes and oval-shaped open mouth. Two diamond-shaped patterns in top front center area of mask. Multi-colored paint or patina covering entire... View Full Record
Mask, Face, Walu
2015.2.78
Dogon Walu Antelope Mask
Wooden antelope mask, with rectangular recessed face. Large square eyeholes, tubular mouth and long downward projecting nose, carved away from the face. Edges of the face are decorated with two rows of raised triangles and two diamond-shaped ears a t... View Full Record
Drum, West African
2015.2.79
West African Drum
Carved dark brown wooden drum. String or cloth weaved around upper section, holding top skin section in place. Four ridges carved into lower section. Dark brown and black paint or patina, covering wooden surfaces.... View Full Record
Headdress, Tji Wara, Bamana, Male
2015.2.80
Tji Wara Society, Male Antelope Headdress
Wooden male antelope headdress. Elongated pointed face with long pointed ears and very long, curved, grooved horns or antlers, wrapped in leather at the ends, with tufts of animal hair attached. Two rows of openwork zigzag patterns with serrated oute... View Full Record
Headdress, Tji Wara, Bamana, Female
2015.2.81
Tji Wara Society, Female Antelope Headdress
Wooden female antelope headdress. Elongated pointed face with square ears and very long straight grooved horns or antlers. Long curved tubular neck. Small back and short square legs, over oval-shaped lower base. Copper or brass colored metal covers f... View Full Record
Mask, Helmet, Lwalwa
2015.2.82
Lwalwa Helmet Mask
Large wooden, black, helmet mask. Long wedge-shaped nose, extending to top of forehead, with two small circular, pierced nostril holes, at bottom of nose. Large square eyes, with a protruding circular mouth and circular ears. Triangular geometric des... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Male
2015.2.83
Chokwe Style Mask
Wooden Chokwe style dance mask, with large three point coiffure or hat. Oval-shaped face, oval-shaped protruding slit eyes, under high arched eyebrows, in heart-shaped concave face. Crescent-shaped ears, long thin rectangular-shaped nose, with circul... View Full Record
Mask, Plank, Dance
2015.2.84
Bwa Style Plank Mask
Long wooden Bwa style plank mask. Circular-shaped horns leading into an animal face, over square-shaped plank, adorned with various black, red and yellow patterns. Human carving in the center of mask, with black hair and rust-colored body. Shield-sha... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.85
Yaure Je Celebration Mask
Painted Yaure style wooden face mask. Elongated almond-shaped face with long protruding triangular-shaped nose, protruding almond-shaped mouth and pierced slit almond-shaped eyes, set under slightly protruding brow. An elaborate coiffure, possibly re... View Full Record
Mask, Dance, Ritual
2015.2.86
Bena Lulua Style Mask
Oval-shaped wooden face mask, with protruding slit eyes in large concave orbits. Circular protruding pierced mouth. Bell-shaped nose, blended into large prominent eye orbits. Circular scarification marks on cheeks and forehead. Ridged hairline, circl... View Full Record
Headrest, Northern Kenya
2015.2.87
Northern Kenyan Headrest
Wooden headrest with small circular flat bottom. Flat slightly bowed mid-section and oval-shaped top. Decorative indentations in center portion of mid-section, with woven leather strap, or handle inserted and tied through holes, at top and bottom of... View Full Record
Headrest, Wood
2015.2.88
Democratic Republic of Congo Headrest
Wooden headrest with flat oval-shaped bottom and top. Two seated figures in mid-section, with arms extended and connected. Legs outstretched forward, but not connected. Dark brown patina covering entire wooden surface. Repaired and glued in several a... View Full Record
Figure, Statue, Punu
2015.2.89
Punu Fertility Statue
Small standing wooden female figure. Circular closed eyes, in concave orbits. Wedge-shaped nose over slightly protruding crescent-shaped mouth, which gives the appearance of grinning. Crescent-shaped ears, under three rowed coiffure, on top of head.... View Full Record
Mural, Painted, Mud Cloth
2015.2.90
West African Painted Mud Cloth
West African painted, mud cloth mural. Image is of two women, performing daily tasks. To the right of the mural sits a dog, with a bone in its mouth and a house in the background.... View Full Record
Shawl, Cloth, Clothing
2015.2.91
Bamana Cloth Shawl
Armless cloth shawl, or vest. Decorated with cowrie shells in square-shaped patterns, and objects wrapped in thread. Thin vertical lines of black and reddish brown adorn entire cloth area. V-necked in front.... View Full Record
Whisk, Fly, Animal Hair
2015.3.1
Animal Hair, Fly Whisk
Fly whisk with animal hair of unknown origion, dark red or rust colored leather and wood handle. Double woven leather wrist straps, attached to very bottom of handle.... View Full Record
Broom, Elephant Tail
2015.3.2
Elephant Tail Broom
Elephant tail broom. Long black course elephant hairs, coming to a cone-like shape at the end. Dark gray elephant skin or leather handle, with visible bone at the base.... View Full Record
Pillow Case
2015.3.3
Liberian Fiber Pillow Case
Woven fiber pillow case. Multi-colored, vertically striped and tasseled at two ends. Three buttons on back side, allowing for insertion of pillow.... View Full Record
Pot, Cooking, Daga
2015.3.4
Loma Clay Cooking Pot
Dark grey, clay cooking pot. Circular, with small ridge at the top and two sets of thin faint lines, encircling outer center area of pot.... View Full Record
Game, Board, Ma Kpon
2015.3.5
Ma Kpon, Board Game
Carved wooden board game, with twelve central holes, and one single hole on either end, used to collect the opponent's pieces. Ridged on sides, coinciding with the holes on top. Resting on four short, stout legs. Around thirty small, circular, hallow... View Full Record
Chair, Elder's, Wood
2015.3.6
Elder's Chair
Carved wooden chair. Thin tubular three-part back rest, with hour glass-shaped seat and four stout legs. Fastened with nails.... View Full Record
Loincloth, Child's
2015.3.7
Child's Loincloth
Black, blue and white striped, homespun, cotton, child's loincloth. Horizontially striped waistband, with vertically striped, three-piece, tasseled, lower portion.... View Full Record
Apron, Circumcision
2015.3.8
Circumcision Apron
Woven raffia circumcision apron. Tan colored strips of raffia, with woven waist ties, attached to top sides of skirt.... View Full Record
Batik, Textile, Two Leopards
2015.3.9
Two Leopards Batik
Woven textile, with the image of two leopards. Dark brown and tan in color.... View Full Record
Legal Tender, Iron
2015.3.10
Legal Tender
13 long thin pieces of twisted and shaped iron. Forming a pointed T-like shape on one side and pounded flat on the opposite side. Varying in lengths and slightly rusted.... View Full Record
Cross, Latin, Raffia
2015.3.11
Latin Cross — 1
Woven raffia cross. Dark brown and tan colored raffia, woven in various internal patterns, into the shape of a cross.... View Full Record
Cross, Latin, Raffia
2015.3.12
Latin Cross — 2
Woven raffia cross. Dark brown and tan colored raffia, woven in various internal patterns, into the shape of a cross.... View Full Record
Bottle, Decorated
2015.3.13
Decorative Bottle —1
Triangular-shaped blue bottle. Decorated with a reddish colored leather at the top and bottom. Black leather in the center, interwoven with tan raffia, in a zig-zag pattern.... View Full Record
Bottle, Decorated
2015.3.14
Decorative Bottle —2
Triangular-shaped blue bottle. Central area is decorated with a reddish colored leather and black leather at the top and bottom. Interwoven with tan raffia, in a zig-zag pattern, in the center.... View Full Record
Blade, Hoe, Currency
2015.3.15
Hoe Currency Blade
Hoe shaped wrought iron. Oval-shaped at the bottom, coming to a tapering point at the top.... View Full Record
Wrap, Woman's, Lapa
2015.3.16
Woman's Wrap (Lapa)
Dyed commercial cloth (Lapa). Rectangular-shaped fabric, with blue and white vertical stripes and bluish-green borders on either end.... View Full Record
Mudcloth, Fila, Cotton
2015.3.17
Fila Mudcloth
Homespun cotton mudcloth (Fila), with mud-based dye. Tan-colored textile, with a variety of rust-colored designs and patterns.... View Full Record
Garment, Men's, Cotton
2015.3.18
Limba Male Garment
Homespun cotton, with mud-based dye. Rust-colored male garment, with a variety of black designs and patterns.... View Full Record
Hat, Garment, Men's
2015.3.19
Limba Hat
Homespun cotton, with mud-based dye. Rust-colored, circular male hat, with tasseled top outer rim and center.... View Full Record
Cloth, Prestige
2015.3.20
Prestige Cloth
Cotton and Rayon, Prestige Cloth. Multi-colored textile, with square-shaped patterns and designs.... View Full Record
Necklace, Ivory
2015.3.21
Ivory Necklace
Ivory beaded necklace, attached with string. Larger bead, offset by a smaller bead, throughout entire length.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Currency, Bronze
2015.3.22
Woman's Bronze Ankle Bracelet
Womans bronze ankle bracelet. Circular ridged bracelet, with circular ends that stop just short of touching.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Currency, Aluminum
2015.3.23
Woman's Aluminum Ankle Bracelet
Womans aluminum ankle bracelet. Circular bracelet, with flat ends that stop just short of touching. Several small face-like designs adorn bracelet, in various places.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Ankle, Child's
2015.3.24
Child's Ankle Bracelet
Child's metal alloy, ankle bracelet. Three circular, hallow metal balls, attached by string through eyelets, at the top of each. Object has been placed inside of metal balls, creating a bell-like effect.... View Full Record
Hairpins, Four
2015.3.25
Four Hairpins
Four hairpins, two aluminum and two wood. Tapered and pointed at bottoms, with cone or circular-shaped tops. Ridges or designs, at the top of the two aluminum hairpins.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Elephant Nail - 1
2015.3.26
Elephant Nail Bracelet
Dark brown elephant nail bracelet, with bits of aluminum, staggered throughout bracelet.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Elephant Nail - 2
2015.3.27
Elephant Nail Bracelet
Dark brown elephant nail bracelet, with bits of aluminum, staggered throughout bracelet.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Wire
2015.3.28
Wire Bracelet
Aluminum and copper wire bracelet. Aluminum and copper wire woven together, with circular balls of aluminum on the ends.... View Full Record
Comb, Hair, Mahogany
2015.3.30
Mahogany Comb
Mahogany comb with six prongs. Triangular-shaped handle, leading up to a half circle-shaped top.... View Full Record
Heads, Ivory, Two
2015.3.31
Two Ivory Heads
Two carved ivory heads. Possibly one male and one female.... View Full Record
Mask, Decorative
2015.3.32
Kora Style Mask
Carved decorative wooden mask.... View Full Record
Coins, Liberian
2015.3.33
Six Liberian Coins
Six one half cent, Liberian coins. Mostly from the year 1937.... View Full Record
Doll, Child's
2015.3.34
Child's Doll
Wooden Child's doll. Dark brown hair-like fibers, in pony tails on either side. Beaded string adorns the top and bottom of doll. Carved or etched designs adorn the lower back and sides of doll.... View Full Record
Doll, Child's
2015.3.35
Child's Doll
Wooden Child's doll. Blonde hair-like fibers, in stripes on either side of doll. Patterned piece of cloth, tied around top of doll, holding hair to sides.... View Full Record
Mask, Gela, Wood
2015.3.36
Bassa, Gela Mask
Carved wooden Gela mask. Large rowed coiffure, with slit pierced eyes, long rectangular-shaped nose, and circular mouth.... View Full Record
Mask, Songye, Luba
2015.3.37
Songye—Luba Style, Kifwebe Mask
Large wooden, circular, Kifwebe style mask. Protruding wedge-shaped nose, extending to center of forehead. Rectangular pierced eyes, in circular concave orbits. Protruding U-shaped lower mouth, with groove on central bottom lip and flat upper lip. Sm... View Full Record
Comb, Mende, Wood
2015.4.3
Mende Comb
Wooden comb with four teeth. Tubular-shaped handle, and carved designs on either side, just above teeth.... View Full Record
Figure, Steatite, Nomoli
2015.4.1
Steatite, Nomoli (Found Spirit)
Inland style carved stone Steatite. Elongated bald head, with large circular eyes. Worn but still visible, nose and mouth, large round ears. Arms rested on knees, in crouching position.... View Full Record
Opener, Letter, Ivory
2015.4.2
Ivory Letter Opener
Knife-shaped, ivory letter opener. Possibly two foxes or dogs, carved into each side of handle.... View Full Record
Cloth, Homespun Cotton, Mende
2015.4.4
Handwoven Dyed Cotton Cloth
Mende handwoven cotton cloth, dyed using indigio and camwood.... View Full Record
Goldweight, Brass, Asante
2015.4.5
Goldweight, Woman Carrying Breadfruit
Goldweight shaped in the form of a woman, carrying breadfruit on her head, with a baby on her back and using a walking stick.... View Full Record
Figures, Acrobatic, Brass
2015.4.6
Brass Acrobatic Figures
Two-piece, decorative, brass, acrobats. Bottom piece, in the shape of a man holding a long stick, upon which the top figures feet are to be placed, in efforts to balance it, using to ball-shaped counter weights at either side of long wire.... View Full Record
Skin, Snake, Boa or Python
2015.4.7
Boa or Python Skin
12 foot long snake skin. Believed to be boa constrictor or python in origion.... View Full Record
Oracle, Rubbing, Diviner's
2015.5.1
Diviner's Rubbing Oracle
Wooden and string rubbing oracle. Carved wooden four legged animal, with what appears to be an alligator-like head. V-shaped tail, geometric designs along either side, with a flat smooth back. String tied to head and tail, holding pawn-shaped wooden... View Full Record
Box, Royal, Wood
2015.5.2
Kuba Royal Carved Box
Carved wooden box, with two Kuba style raised faces on lid. Geometric patterns adorn entire surface of removable lid, and outside of bottom. Upper and lower portions are carved to interlock.... View Full Record
Cup, Double-spouted, Ceremonial
2015.5.3
Suku, Double—spouted Ceremonial Drinking Cup
Ceremonial double-spouted dringing cup. Figure-eight spouts, with circular smooth egg-shaped body. Raised face on either side, with geometric designs on either sides of faces. Small circular hole carved in top center, for hanging or display.... View Full Record
Cup, Three Faces, Palm Wine
2015.5.4
Kuba, Three—face, Palm Wine Cup
Wooden, three-face, ceremonial, palm wine drinking cup. Long circular cone-shaped base, with carved patterns on lower portion. Three identical portrait faces, encircling top portion of cup. Patterened top coiffure or rim.... View Full Record
Cup, Mortar, Standing Woman
2015.5.5
Wongo, Standing Woman Mortar
Wooden, Wongo, steatopygic woman, mortar. Mortar in the form of a standing woman, holding hands in front.... View Full Record
Headrest, Kambatta, Wood
2015.5.6
Ethopian Headrest
Carved wooden headrest, with crescent-shaped seat. Four piece internal supports, oval-shaped base, with three rows of notched patterns, on either side. Covered in dark brown patina.... View Full Record
Hat, Ceremonial, Mpaan
2015.5.7
Ceremonial Hat of Authority
Woman's ceremonial title holder's hat of authority. Circular hat with flaps, heavily beaded and adorned with cowrie shells. Red and brown cloth, with various multicolored beads.... View Full Record
Bearer, Bowl
2015.5.8
Bowl Bearer (M'boka)
Carved wooden female statue. Large half circle eyes, with wedge shaped nose and full lips. C-shaped ears, long coffiure extending from the back of head, long cylindrical neck. Arms carved away from body, holding a bowl, small breasts. Legs extended f... View Full Record
Figure, Cup, Libation, Female
2015.5.9
Ceremonial Libation Cup, Female Figure
Carved wooden standing female figure. Small circular head, with extended crest. Long cylindrical neck, wrapped in cord. Square shoulders, with long thin arms, carved away from body and no hands. Figure eight-shaped libation cup, over chest and abdoma... View Full Record
Mask, Paddle, Ohoroshi Oma
2015.5.10
Igbo Paddle Mask (Ohoroshi Oma)
Oval-shaped ceremonial mask, painted in white, black and red paint. Right ear adorned with metal earring. Indigo blue fibre tufts, culminating in a raised vertical middle ridge across forehead, oval-shaped pierced eyes, triangular-shaped nose. Laughi... View Full Record
Rattle, Diviner's
2015.5.11
Hemba Diviner's Rattle
Hemba Diviner's Rattle. Female figure carved with long stick at bottom, inserted into three small circular gourds. Dried seeds inserted into gourds, emitting a rattling sound when shaken. Covered in dark brown patina. ... View Full Record
Headrest, Male and Female Figures
2015.5.12
Headrest, Male and Female Figures
Wooden headrest with flat square-shaped bottom and top. Two seated figures in mid-section as supports: one male and one female. Dark brown patina covering entire wooden surface. ... View Full Record
Cloth, Ukara, Leopard Society
2015.5.13
Leopard Society, Ukara Cloth
Leopard Society, Ukara Cloth. Stitched reserve, indigo dyed cotton. Blue and white cotton textile, with various people, animals and designs.... View Full Record
Cloth, Kente, Asante
2015.5.14
Asante Kente Cloth
Asante Kente Cloth. Cotton and rayon. Multi-colored, square-shaped designs.... View Full Record
Stool, Spider Motif, Wood
2015.6.1
Spider Stool
Elaborately carved wooden Bamun or Bamilike spider stool. Spider carvings in four places around circular stool, with legs spreading horzontially in either direction from center of spider. Flat top, with hallowed-out bottom. Covered in dark brown pati... View Full Record
Pendant, Mask, Ikhoko
2015.6.2
Ikhoko Ivory Pendant
Ivory Ikhoko Pende Pendant. Small dark brown, carved ivory face, with large forehead, slit-type eyes, wedge-shaped nose and slit mouth. Circular coiffure with hole, allowing for use as a necklace.... View Full Record
Figure, Maternity
2015.6.3
Chowke Maternity Figure
Wooden maternity figure, with three rowed coiffure, concave heart-shaped face, slit oval eyes, wedge-shaped nose and crescent-shaped ears. Long cylindrical neck, arms carved away from the body, one holding a baby. Slightly bent legs, atop circular ba... View Full Record
Figure, Grave, Bakonkoni
2015.6.4
Bakonkoni, Ritual Grave Figure
Egg-shaped clay ritual grave figure. Coffee bean-shaped eyes, rectangular-shaped nose, large circular open mouth. Small grooves of hair, on top of head, square scarification on both upper cheeks. Orange terracotta color.... View Full Record
Figure, Maternity
2015.7.1
Makonde Maternity Figure
Wooden seated maternity figure, with large oval eyes, wedge-shaped nose and full lips. Long cylindrical neck, arms carved away from the body, holding and nursing a baby. Covered in dark brown patina.... View Full Record
Necklace, Powdered Glass Beads
2015.7.2
Powdered Glass, Bead Necklace
String of 38 powdered glass beads, forming a necklace. Variety of colors.... View Full Record
Bellaphone, Wood
2015.7.3
Bellaphone
Bellaphone musical instrument. Wood with gourds, attached by cord and fabric.... View Full Record
Spoon, Wood
2015.8.1
Decorative Wooden Spoon
Decorative Wooden Spoon with engraved etchings, on back of spoon and spoon handle.... View Full Record
Spoon, Wood
2015.8.2
Decorative Wooden Spoon
Decorative Wooden Spoon with engraved etchings, on back of spoon and spoon handle.... View Full Record
Holder, Pot
2015.8.3
Decorative Wicker Pot Holder
Decorative wicker or straw pot holder, or place mat. Multi-colored - red, black, tan and brown.... View Full Record
Holder, Pot
2015.8.4
Decorative Wicker Pot Holder
Decorative wicker or straw pot holder, or place mat. Multi-colored - red, black, tan and brown.... View Full Record
Hat, Multi-colored
2015.8.5
Multi—colored Hat
Circular multi-colored, plastic coated wire hat. White, red, black and blue.... View Full Record
Silhouette, Wood
2015.8.6
Wooden Female Silhouette
Black wooden silhouette, or profile of female.... View Full Record
Silhouette, Wood
2015.8.7
Wooden Female Silhouette
Black wooden silhouette, or profile of female.... View Full Record
Bracelet, Leather
2015.8.8
Leather and Cowrie Shell Bracelet
Leather and cowrie shell, bracelet or anklet. Red and brown striped leather, with four cowrie shells adorning front.... View Full Record
Hoe, Hand
2015.8.9
Carved Hand Hoe
Carved wooden and iron hand hoe, or farming utensil.... View Full Record
Head, Wood, Woman
2015.8.10
Carved Female Head
Carved wooden female head. Black and dark brown wood. Braids carved away from sides of head.... View Full Record
Head, Wood, Man
2015.8.11
Carved Male Head
Carved wooden male head. Black and dark brown wood. Small hat atop head. Short pointed beard.... View Full Record
Broom, Coco Sticks
2015.8.12
Traditional Broom
Possibly coco sticks, cleaned and tied at the base, to serve as a broom.... View Full Record
Vase, Multi-colored
2015.7.4
Multi—colored Vase
Multi-colored vase, with heart-shaped designs and various patterns.... View Full Record
Face, Wood
2015.8.13
Hanging Wooden Face — Male
Carved wooden face. Wall adornment, possibly male face with large coiffure.... View Full Record
Face, Wood
2015.8.14
Hanging Wooden Face — Female
Carved wooden face. Wall adornment, possibly female face with large curling coiffure.... View Full Record
Figure, Female, Wood
2015.8.15
Woman With Basket
Carved wooden female figure. Standing female figure, holding basket on head.... View Full Record
Cloth, Cotton
2015.5.15
Cloth, Birds and People
White cotton cloth, with black designs of various birds and people.... View Full Record
Cloth, Barkcloth, Mbuti
2015.5.16
Mbuti Barkcloth
Mbuti barkcloth. Tan-colored, with a variety of black patterns and designs.... View Full Record
Photograph, Marianne Keown
2015.3.38
Photograph, Marianne Keown and President of Liberia
Photograph of Marianne Keown, holding two newborn babies in a basket, while speaking with the (at the time) President of Liberia, his entourage, and unknown man.... View Full Record
Photograph, African Woman
2015.5.17
African Woman
Photograph of African Woman, with painted face. Origions unknown.... View Full Record
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