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1. Winnowing basket

Winnowing basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Circular winnowing basket; tightly woven, wrapped loop attached to rim and below rim is one solid piece of bamboo for stability; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

2. Winnowing basket

Winnowing basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Winnowing basket; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

3. Ivory blade

Ivory blade
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Ivory blade with handle of a very well-carved Mangbetu-style woman's head.

4. Bobblehead dog

Bobblehead dog
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Plastic mechanical "bobblehead" dog, tail and head move, made for hotel use; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

5. Knife with bone handle

Knife with bone handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with bone handle and metal blade; origin Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

6. Bush knife

Bush knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Bush knife with machete-shaped blade and wooden handle wrapped in thin strips of metal; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

7. Bush knife

Bush knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Bush knife with machete-shaped blade and wooden handle with some decoration; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

8. Bush knife

Bush knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Bush knife with a wooden handle and no decoration, blade in the shape of a small machete; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

9. Ivory butter knife

Ivory butter knife
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory replicas of European knives; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

10. Ivory buttons

Ivory buttons
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Four bullet-shaped wooden buttons with carved faces; four holes in each to attach to garment; origin Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

11. Ivory buttons

Ivory buttons
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Two bullet-shaped ivory buttons with carved faces; four holes in each to attach to garment; origin Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

12. Ivory candlesticks

Ivory candlesticks
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Four ivory candlesticks, made for hotels; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

13. Ivory drummer carving

Ivory drummer carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory drummer with elongated head; hair, drum, and base are etched; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

14. Ivory crocodile carving

Ivory crocodile carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory crocodile with carved teeth; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

15. Ivory lion carving

Ivory lion carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory lion; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

16. Ivory drummer carving

Ivory drummer carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory model of an Mbuti hunter, holes in each hand for two spears, holes for eyes, carved hair and garment; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

17. Ivory elephant carving

Ivory elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory elephant with holes for eyes; tusks broken; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

18. Ivory elephant carving

Ivory elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory elephant with holes for eyes, origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

19. Ivory crocodile carving

Ivory crocodile carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory crocodile eating an antelope; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

20. Ivory elephant carving

Ivory elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory elephant, origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

21. Ceremonial knife

Ceremonial knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Ceremonial knife used in a wedding exchange; curved metal blade with three holes, wooden handle with decorative metal wrap near the blade; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Mangbetu people.

22. Patterned wooden comb

Patterned wooden comb
Date:
1951 and 1979
Description:
Wooden comb with carved pattern on both sides and a hole in the handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

23. Decorative elephant tusk

Decorative elephant tusk
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Very decorative carved elephant tusk with interconnected human and animal motifs, lions, elephant, alligator, antelope, and human; origin Ituri forest.

24. Decorative elephant tusk

Decorative elephant tusk
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Very decorative carved elephant tusk with interconnected human and animal motifs, lions, elephant, alligator, antelope, and human; origin Ituri forest.

25. Dipping Spoon

Dipping Spoon
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden dipping spoon with short handle and wide bowl, contains hole for hanging; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

26. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

27. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with decorated wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

28. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with decorated wood handle and metal blade, still sharp; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

29. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

30. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.

31. Ivory ornamental face mask

Ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ornamental face mask with open eyes, carved hair, and a string through the holes at top; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

32. Smoked ivory ornamental face mask

Smoked ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Smoked ivory ornamental face mask, openings for eyes, mouth has slight opening, showing teeth, crown on head; origin Epulu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), but is a replica of masks created by the Pende people (also of DRC).

33. Ivory ornamental face mask

Ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ornamental face mask with elongated nose, carved headpiece, closed eyes, and a string through the holes at top; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

34. Ivory ornamental face mask

Ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ornamental face mask with carved headpiece, closed eyes, and a string through the holes at top; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

35. Ivory ornamental face mask

Ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ornamental face mask with open eyes, carved hair, and a string through the holes at top; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

36. Ivory trilogy figures

Ivory trilogy figures
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory figures depicting the Three Wise Monkeys motif ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"); origin Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

37. Ivory figure

Ivory figure
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory figure of a man in bark cloth; he appears to be holding something in his right hand; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

38. Ivory woman figure

Ivory woman figure
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory figure of a woman wearing a skirt.

39. Fire stick

Fire stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Base of a fire stick with four holes in it, broken at one end; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

40. Fire stick

Fire stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden stick with one end carved in a circular design; part of a fire stick, very smooth; origin Ituri rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

41. Ivory flower vase

Ivory flower vase
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory flower vase with human head, very stylized hair, made for hotel use; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

42. Ivory flower vase

Ivory flower vase
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory flower vase with human face on one side and lion on the other, made for hotel use; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

43. Wooden slit gong

Wooden slit gong
Date:
1951 and 1979
Description:
Wooden slit gong with design carved on top; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bira people. Initials "KO KO" burned into one side.

44. Rectangular wooden gong

Rectangular wooden gong
Date:
1951 and 1979
Description:
Rectangular gong; two pieces of wood fastened together with a glue-like substance; opening on one side, wood bows out on front and back, and top and bottom edges are jagged; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

45. Harp

Harp
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Five string harp with wooden arm and base, skin covering, strings still attached; origin Bira people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

46. Ivory ornamental head

Ivory ornamental head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory stylized Mangbetu head, poised upwards; origin Mangbetu people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

47. Ivory ornamental head

Ivory ornamental head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory human head; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

48. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations; dark ivory head.

49. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations.

50. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations.