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41. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Light background with red and gray lines; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

42. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Reddish brown background, wavy lines with circles and half circles; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

43. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Five pieces of bark cloth stitched together with light brown raffia; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

44. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden pestle with flat top, rounded base, and design around the center; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

45. Wooden nkumbi stool

Wooden nkumbi stool
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden stool used in nkumbi initiation graduation; open square carved through center; origin Mangbetu people of the Ituri rainforest.

46. Wooden nkumbi stool

Wooden nkumbi stool
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden stool used in nkumbi initiation, star-shaped base; origin Epulu region of the Ituri rainforest.

47. Wooden nkumbi stool

Wooden nkumbi stool
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden stool used in nkumbi initiation, scalloped design on top.

48. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Light brown background with red and brown dyed intricate design, geometric shapes, straight lines, and stars; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

49. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden pestle with some black stain; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

50. Trumpet

Trumpet
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden side-blown trumpet bound with band of crocodile skin, small hole for hanging; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

51. 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.

52. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden pestle in the shape of a two-pronged fork, used by the Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but most likely Nandi in origin.

53. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Light brown background, half is decorated with brown circles and half with lines and circles; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Dark brown lines with darker brown dye and geometric patterns painted on lines of various shapes; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

59. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Small piece of brown bark cloth with painted black squares, red dots, and red and black lines; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

60. Bark Cloth (Tapa)

Bark Cloth (Tapa)
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Red bark cloth that has a pattern similar to the skin of a giraffe; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).