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81. 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).

82. 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).

83. 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).

84. 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).

85. Ivory elephant carving

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

86. 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).

87. 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.

88. Patterned wooden comb

Patterned wooden comb
Date:
1951 and 1979
Description:
Wooden comb with carved pattern on both sides and a hole in the handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

89. Decorative elephant tusk

Decorative elephant tusk
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Very decorative carved elephant tusk with interconnected human and animal motifs, lions, elephant, alligator, antelope, and human; origin Ituri forest.

90. Decorative elephant tusk

Decorative elephant tusk
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Very decorative carved elephant tusk with interconnected human and animal motifs, lions, elephant, alligator, antelope, and human; origin Ituri forest.

91. 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.

92. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

93. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Domestic knife with decorated wooden handle; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

94. 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.

95. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle and metal, diamond-shaped blade; some type of coating on blade; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

96. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.

97. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

98. Fossilized elephant tooth

Fossilized elephant tooth
Date:
1950
Description:
Fossilized elephant tooth from Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

99. Executioning sword

Executioning sword
Date:
1951
Description:
Executioning sword with metal blade and wooden handle; decorative cord in several colors wraps around handle, pieces of red hair are attached through holes in the handle; origin Bira people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

100. Smoked ivory ornamental face mask

Smoked ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Smoked ivory ornamental face mask, mouth is wide oval, eyes are a rectangle; origin Epulu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), but is a replica of masks created by the Dan people of Cote d'Ivoire.

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