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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. Wooden flute

Wooden flute
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Notched flute made of wood with three finger holes; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

5. Knife with wooden handle and sheath

Knife with wooden handle and sheath
Date:
1951
Description:
Man's knife with metal blade in a two-sectioned wooden sheath which is wrapped in some areas with metal lacing; wooden carved handle; appears to be carved from the same piece of wood; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

6. Knife with wooden handle

Knife with wooden handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with metal blade and wooden handle; metal strips wrap around upper portion of handle; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

7. Hunting spear

Hunting spear
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Hunting spear with wooden handle, metal blade with intricate shape, and cord wrapped around the handle attaching the blade; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

8. Hunting spear

Hunting spear
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Hunting spear with wooden handle and metal blade, handle is pointed at base, blade is rusty; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

9. Mortar

Mortar
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden mortar with alternating light and dark carved designs, rough base; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

10. Mortar

Mortar
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Mortar of light and dark brown wood; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

11. Mortar

Mortar
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Mortar with handle which extends in one piece from rim to base; top rim decorated with spaced parallel lines, side of rim has cut-outs; base is scalloped; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

12. Wooden nkumbi stool

Wooden nkumbi stool
Date:
1951 and 1953
Description:
Wooden nkumbi household stool used in initiation with two pieces of wood lying on top; four legs, darker in color, curve upward, 3 holes in each side on the darker band of color; one piece of wood is inscribed "Innsbruck Sept 27 1953"; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

13. Wooden nkumbi stool

Wooden nkumbi stool
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden stool used in nkumbi initiation; bottom has three incised marks on each side, handle carved on one side near the center column, and incised area in the middle of the top; origin Bira people of the Epulu region of the Ituri rainforest.