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Power Figure
circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder and medicinal substances
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Whistle
circa 1860
Vili (Kongo)
wood and antelope horn
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Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
1920-1960
Baulé
wood, pigment
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Power Figure
circa 1880
Zande
wood, cloth, and metal
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Power Figure
circa 1910
Zande
wood, pigment, woven fiber, beads, and metal
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Power Figure
2nd half of 19th century
Yombe
wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment, cloth, raffia and bone
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Power Figure
circa 1800
Vili (Kongo)
wood, tukula powder and kaolin
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Power Figure
circa 1890
Bwende
wood, shells and metal
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Power Figure
circa 1875
Vili (Kongo)
wood, tukula powder, fiber, metal chain, mirror, animal horn, glass, resin and split cane
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Power Figure
circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, metal tack, glass chips and resin
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Hamba (ancestor) figure
circa 1920
Chokwe; Chokwe-Lunda
wood and string
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