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Calabash (kileu)
circa 1910
Southwestern Songye (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
bird claws, feathers and wings, metal, gourd, snakeskin, split cane, dried seeds, and wood
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Power Figure
circa 1940
Songye
wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal teeth, antelope horns, glass beads, metal
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Scepter
circa 1930
Songye
wood, animal skin, teeth, claws, seeds, beads, shells, vegetable fiber, and metal
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