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41. Wooden bow

Wooden bow
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden bow without a string but notched at ends, some skin with fur wrapped around each end; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

42. Bow string

Bow string
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Spare bow string, possible origin Ituri forest.

43. Wooden bow

Wooden bow
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden bow without a string, some skin with fur wrapped around each end; origin Ituri forest.

44. Wooden bow

Wooden bow
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden bow without a string but notched at ends, some skin wrapped around each end; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

45. 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.

46. 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.

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. 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).

50. 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).

51. 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).

52. Ivory candlesticks

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

53. 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).

54. Carved wooden figure

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

55. 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).

56. 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).

57. 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.

58. 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).

59. 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).

60. 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).