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Twin Figure
1900-1985
Tabwa
wood, metal coin and glass beads
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Box
circa 1950
Kuba
Wood, brass, coins, fiber, and tukula powder
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Ancestral Shrine Figure (Female)
circa 1940
Bembe; Bembe
carved iroko wood and kaolin
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Beaded Coronet
1925-1975
Yoruba
cloth, glass beads, metallic beads, and feathers
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Mask
Kuba
wood
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Chi Wara Headdress
African
wood
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Male Ancestor Figure
Papua New Guinean
wood
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Standing Figure
African
wood
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Mask
African
wood
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Cache-Sexe
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
brass and glass beads and cowrie shells
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Skirt
20th century
Bembe
embroidered cotton fabric
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Kente Cloth
20th century
Kente
cotton
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Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
circa 1940
Igbo
carved wood
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Shrine Figure
1900-1950
Akpojivi of Orhokpokpo
wood and pigment
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Mask
1900-1978
Igbo
pigment, metal and monkey fur
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