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61. Bracelet

Bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Braided brown bracelet from Mbo people of Zaire (later, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

62. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

63. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

64. Elephant hair bracelet with charm

Elephant hair bracelet with charm
Date:
1950
Description:
Elephant hair bracelet; three rings connected in middle by twisted pieces and a square piece made of wood or ivory; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

65. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal wire bracelet with four wires connected by two wider twisted wires and with movable circular wires for decoration; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

66. Elephant hair bracelet

Elephant hair bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Elephant hair bracelet; four rings with two decorative twisted pieces; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

67. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Solid metal ring visibly fused together at a point; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people; Circumference.

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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).

72. 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).

73. 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).

74. Ivory candlesticks

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

75. Stone candlestick

Stone candlestick
Description:
Stone candlestick made for hotels; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

76. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure of a leopard man standing over an initiate of the nkumbi circumcision ritual; larger figure has spotted covering, slits for eyes and openings for arms, textured knee-length pants; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

77. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure of Mbuti hunter with spear.

78. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure of man lacking torso, hands, and feet, mouth stained red, eyes white; origin Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

79. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure of Mbuti carrying a well-carved hunting net, eyes closed, on an oval base; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

80. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Carved wooden figure of an Mbuti of Ituri forest; holes in each hand that are meant to hold spears.