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circa 1920
Hemba
wood
circa 1910
Southwestern Songye (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
bird claws, feathers and wings, metal, gourd, snakeskin, split cane, dried seeds, and wood
circa 1800
Dondo
wood, lead, cotton fiber, and buffalo hair
circa 1880
Hemba
wood, iron, and brass tacks
circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder and medicinal substances
20th century
Yoruba
wood and pigment
circa 1950
Osei Bonsu; Asante
wood
19th Century
Edo (Benin); Benin (ancient Nigerian)
brass
circa 1930
Luba
wood, wicker, metal, antelope horns, fur, cord, seeds, and nuts
circa 1920
Kusu
wood, vegetable fiber, tukula powder, animal skin, and animal horn
circa 1940
Songye
wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal teeth, antelope horns, glass beads, metal
20th century
Yoruba
brass
circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, and resin
circa 1880
Zande
wood, cloth, and metal
circa 1910
Zande
wood, pigment, woven fiber, beads, and metal