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101. Wooden bow

Wooden bow
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden bow with string; bow in natural state; origin Central Africa.

102. Gourd bowl

Gourd bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Decorated gourd bowl; origin East Africa.

103. Brass bowl

Brass bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass bowl with intricate design engraved around sides; origin Morocco.

104. Ebony bowl

Ebony bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ebony dish; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

105. Brass bowl

Brass bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Round brass bowl with design engraved around sides.

106. Decorated wooden bowl

Decorated wooden bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Decorated wooden bowl with a lid on top of a stem; container is stained dark brown with two areas of a lighter brown color; origin Uganda.

107. Decorated wooden bowl with two lids

Decorated wooden bowl with two lids
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden bowl with two lids; design carved around outside of bow, which is on a pedestal base; both lids have intricate designs with carved knobs on the top; origin Ituri rainforest.

108. Wooden box

Wooden box
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Object from Colin Turnbull's personal shrine; square wooden box with removable side and metal handle, carved on four sides and reinforced on the bottom; use unknown.

109. Brass Menorah

Brass Menorah
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass menorah, possible origin Ethiopia.

110. Brass weight

Brass weight
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass goldweight; figure of a man smoking a pipe and carrying a jug on his head; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.

111. Brass weight

Brass weight
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass goldweight with a series of triangles cut into top of weight; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.

112. Brass tray

Brass tray
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass tray, design engraved on top; origin Morocco.

113. Brass object

Brass object
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Round piece of metal, probably brass, thought to be part of a brass kettle; origin Morocco.

114. Incense burner

Incense burner
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Object from Colin Turnbull's personal shrine; small brass incense holder in the shape of an egg with two packages of burnt incense.

115. 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.

116. 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.

117. 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.

118. 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).

119. 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).

120. 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).

121. Candle holder

Candle holder
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wood carving that was used as a candle-holder; birds and crocodiles carved around the stand; remnants of the candle remain; origin south Kenya.

122. Ivory candlesticks

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

123. 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).

124. Carved wooden figure

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

125. 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).

126. 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).

127. 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.

128. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure with both animal and human features, bowl-shaped headpiece; wood is soft, appears to be a fetish figure; origin Ndaka people, Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

129. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden male fetish figure, hands joined together under chin, helmet-like head covering, rectangular box cut into center; origin Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

130. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden figure that has both animal and human features, standing on two legs with elongated snout, 6 large teeth, head cover with pieces resembling horns and a protruding piece in the middle; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

131. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden Janus-face, both faces rectangular with pronounced nostrils, eyes, and teeth; origin Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

132. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden head with both animal and human features; mane, tusks, and nose of an animal, ears, mouth, and eyes of a human; geometric design on base, back is plain, soft wood; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

133. 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).

134. Ivory lion carving

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

135. 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).

136. Ebony elephant carving

Ebony elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ebony elephant with white wooden tusks and eyes; possible origin is South Eastern Africa.

137. Ebony elephant carving

Ebony elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ebony elephant with white wooden tusks and eyes; possible origin is South Eastern Africa.

138. 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).

139. 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).

140. 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).

141. 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).

142. Ebony elephant carving

Ebony elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ebony elephant with white wooden tusks, eyes, and toes; possible origin is South Eastern Africa.

143. Ebony elephant carving

Ebony elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ebony elephant with white wooden tusks and eyes; possible origin is South Eastern Africa.

144. Ivory elephant carving

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

145. Wood elephant carving

Wood elephant carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wood carving of an elephant with two circles for eyes; top and ear flattened; three long feet intertwined around carving.

146. Wooden human carving

Wooden human carving
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wood carving of an intertwined, elongated human with two faces and bulging eyes.

147. Typewriter case

Typewriter case
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Black typewriter case with two metal clasps and twine handle.

148. Castanets

Castanets
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Pair of circular seed castanets connected by material; origin Epulu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

150. 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.

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