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Date:
1950
Description:
Brass anklet with six cowry shells embedded in clay and a design etched on either side; origin Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Circular iron anklet.
Date:
1950
Description:
Brass anklet with five cowry shells embedded in clay (one missing) and a design etched on either side; origin Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Coiled grass basket with conical lid; lid tightly woven with raffia, top twelve rows dyed black; bottom has black geometric pattern, rest of basket is natural; possible origin is Central Africa.
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Small coiled basket and lid, tightly woven with a smooth finish; red exterior, gold interior; origin Ituri rainforest.
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Tin of 82 beans used to play nuchuba; tin reads "PLAYER NO.3 EXTRA QUALITY"; origin Tutsi people (Central Africa).
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:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.
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:
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.
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Small wooden object, origin Tutsi people. Collector Colin Turnbull labeled the object "a parihuana holder."
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Double-headed metal staff with a long wooden handle; has the appearance of an animal with a beak and a long tail.
Date:
1950
Description:
Fossilized elephant tooth from Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Date:
1950
Description:
Wooden nuchuba board with four rows of eight large holes; game is played by filling two inside rows of holes with four beans each and successfully moving all beans to the outside rows; origin Tutsi people (Central Africa).
Date:
1950 and 1979
Description:
Toy garden hoe used by Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Zande rubbing article, functions as an oracle.
Date:
1950
Description:
Carved ivory ring; origin Ituri, but also found in northern Uganda.
Date:
1950 and 1990
Description:
Small wooden pitcher with engraved design. Stamp on bottom reads "Handmade in Yugoslavia."
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Small ritual metal staff with two prongs, a twisted neck, and a pointed end on the handle.
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Small wooden vase with engraved design. Stamp on bottom reads "Handmade in Yugoslavia."
