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circa 1920
Hemba
wood
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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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circa 1800
Dondo
wood, lead, cotton fiber, and buffalo hair
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circa 1880
Hemba
wood, iron, and brass tacks
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circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder and medicinal substances
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20th century
Yoruba
wood and pigment
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circa 1950
Osei Bonsu; Asante
wood
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19th Century
Edo (Benin); Benin (ancient Nigerian)
brass
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circa 1930
Luba
wood, wicker, metal, antelope horns, fur, cord, seeds, and nuts
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circa 1920
Kusu
wood, vegetable fiber, tukula powder, animal skin, and animal horn
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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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20th century
Yoruba
brass
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circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, and resin
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circa 1880
Zande
wood, cloth, and metal
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circa 1910
Zande
wood, pigment, woven fiber, beads, and metal
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