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Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Small piece of metallic mineral encased in a circular hide box. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Small carved wooden male statuette wearing a straw skirt, beads, and cowrie shell. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
French-language political map of Africa with Togo highlighted in green.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
French-language political map of Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Farm tool for digging; letters "AP" burned into handle and "1500F" written on metal shovel. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Farm tool for digging; origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
N'domo mask used in the second of seven initiation rituals for boys of the Bambara people of Mali. The decorated vertical wooden posts represent the wisdom of the cosmos and the long nose symbolizes vitality.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
A funerary statuette common among the Hongwe (Mahongwe), Kota (Bakota), and Fang people of Gabon. The statue is placed upon a box containing the remains of an ancestor and acts as the guardian of the reliquaries.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Yellow, purple, and green woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Purple woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Green woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large purple letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Yellow, purple, and blue woven straw fan. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Yellow, purple, and blue woven straw fan. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Purple woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Woven straw fan with "TOGO" in large green letters adjacent to an image of Togo's national flag.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Standing female figure of dark wood attached to a small, untreated pedestal. Origin Baule people of Cote d'Ivoire.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Front and profile views of a female wooden figure carrying a vessel in each hand. Origin Bena Lulua people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Standing female attached to a double circular pedestal. Origin Baule people of Cote d'Ivoire.
Date:
1900
Description:
A Togolese flag connected to a bamboo reed.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
A three string harp with wooden arm, body of a turtle shell, animal skin, and wire strings. Origin Gabon.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Six-stringed instrument with gourd base, decorated with cowrie shells. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Metal bell-shaped percussion instrument. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Pelt-covered percussion instrument. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Carved ivory sculpture of a kneeling man with a snake around his neck and flat bowl on his head. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Carved ivory sculpture of a kneeling man with a bowl on his head. Both hands hold his beard. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden ceremonial mask made for the Bwadi ya Kifwebe association, a group that polices social behavior and neutralizes disruptive elements within the Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The masks are worn in a variety of ceremonies.
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden knife. Origin Togo
Date:
1900
Description:
Silver ladle of light metal. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Front and profile views of a male wooden figure carrying a vessel in left hand and a dagger in right. Origin Bena Lulua people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Front and back views of a tall wooden mask in the shape of a plunging bird with a broad tail. Probable origin is the Mossi people of Burkina Faso.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Front and profile views of a wooden mask with both human and animal characteristics. Origin Guro people of Cote d'Ivoire.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
A wooden mask of polished black wood; origin Guro people of Cote d'Ivoire.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Tall wooden mask with a rectangular box for the head. The top portion depicts a female figure below a perched bird with a downward thrusting arrow. Origin is either Dogon or Mossi people of Burkina Faso.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden African mask decorated with cowrie shells and coins. Origin is either the Dan people or Guro people of Cote d'Ivoire.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Cotton woven mat with fringe on each end. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Bag of approximately 75 nuts of unknown variety. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Plaque in high relief depicting two warrior-like figures carrying weapons. Origin Nigeria or Benin.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden spear; origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden spear; origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden spear; origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Multiple views of a male wooden statuette holding a club and an oar, smoking a pipe. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900
Description:
Multiple views of a male wooden statuette holding an animal and a rifle, smoking a pipe. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Three round stones. Origin Togo.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Heavy dark wooden chief's stool supported by a carving of a female figure. Origin Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Wooden stool with a base and top joined by four carved vertical supports. Seat contains a circular band of cowrie shells and inlaid ivory. Origin West Africa.
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Bundle of straw. Origin Togo.
