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Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Red ivory trumpet with a carved human form; used by the Mbo and Ndaka people in the initiation of the Mbuti people; origin central Africa.
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Antelope horn, used for holding medicine; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
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).
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Circular winnowing basket with one wrapped piece for carrying or hanging; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
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).
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Winnowing basket; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden initation doctor's mask with beard; ears, eyes, nose, and mouth all have holes; eyebrows carved down to the mouth in a series of reverse S's creating cheek bones; touched the nose is a carved vertical band; ears protude inward to eyes; faded white dots over entire face.
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Market carrying basket with two handles; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Market carrying basket with two handles; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden dog bell with wooden clapper, cord, and leather strap; bell has pattern on one side; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with decorated wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Metal kingele pallet bell used by dancers in the nkumbi initiation ritual of the Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Gourd bowl for palm wine; a braided leather handle is connected through two holes; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Toy garden hoe used by Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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.
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.
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden pestle with some black stain; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with decorated wood handle and metal blade, still sharp; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
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.
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.
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.
Date:
1950
Description:
Braided brown bracelet from Mbo people of Zaire (later, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
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.
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.
Date:
1950
Description:
Elephant hair bracelet; four rings with two decorative twisted pieces; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
Date:
1950
Description:
Solid metal ring visibly fused together at a point; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people; Circumference.
