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Mask
circa 1940
Bembe
wood, porcupine quills, pigment, and raffia
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Mask
circa 1930
Bembe
wood and pigment
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Bwami Society Maskette
1900-1975
Lega
wood, kaolin
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Royal Mask (Ngaady a Mwaash)
1900-1983
Kuba
wood, polychrome, glass beads, cowrie shells, cotton cloth and string
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Chair
1900-1925
Chokwe
wood and antelope hide
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Mask
Kuba
wood
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Throwing knife
20th century
Ngbaka
metal, wood and fabric
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Royal Mask (Mwaash a Mbooy)
1900-1983
Kuba
wood, cowrie shells and textiles
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Mask (vaca bruto, dugn’be type)
1925-1975
Bijogo
wood, glass, paint, metal, animal horns
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Mask (mwaash aMbooy)
1900-1985
Kuba
wood, paint, wool cloth, fiber cloth, cowrie shell, glass beads and leopa
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Zoomorphic Figure (Frog)
20th century
Lega
carved ivory
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Initiation Mask
1900-1970
Chokwe
bark cloth, cotton and paint
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Bwoom type mask
circa 1890-1910
Kuba
wood and paint
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Mask
circa 1920
Kuba
wood and patination
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Mask and costume (bwoom)
circa 1960
Kuba
bark cloth, woven raffia, wood, copper, glass beads, kola nuts, kola, animal skin
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