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1. Red ivory trumpet

Red ivory trumpet
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.

2. Domestic knife

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

3. Antelope horn

Antelope horn
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Antelope horn, used for holding medicine; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

4. Winnowing basket

Winnowing basket
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).

5. Winnowing basket

Winnowing basket
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).

6. Fire stick

Fire stick
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).

7. Winnowing basket

Winnowing basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Winnowing basket; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

8. Wooden mask

Wooden mask
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.

9. Straw vegetable basket

Straw vegetable basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Market carrying basket with two handles; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

10. Straw market basket

Straw market basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Market carrying basket with two handles; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

11. Wooden dog bell

Wooden dog bell
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).

12. Domestic knife

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

13. Palm wine gourd

Palm wine gourd
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).

14. Rectangular wooden gong

Rectangular wooden gong
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.

15. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
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.

16. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Wooden pestle with some black stain; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

17. Trumpet

Trumpet
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.

18. 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.

19. Wooden pestle

Wooden pestle
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.

20. 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.