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1. Decorated wooden comb

Decorated wooden comb
Date:
1949 and 1989
Description:
Wooden comb with three holes of various sizes; origin unknown.

2. Wooden comb

Wooden comb
Date:
1949 and 1989
Description:
Wooden comb; decorative markings in middle section, light wood; origin unknown.

3. Wooden comb

Wooden comb
Date:
1949 and 1989
Description:
Wooden comb with thick tines on one side and thin tines on the other; dark brown, origin unknown.

4. Fish-shaped comb

Fish-shaped comb
Date:
1949 and 1989
Description:
Wooden comb, shaped like a fish with two painted eyes and a tail with a hole in the middle. Stamped "Made in China."

5. Plastic and metal hair comb

Plastic and metal hair comb
Date:
1949 and 1989
Description:
Black plastic hair comb with metal prongs, black panther fist and peace sign engraved into handle.

6. Double-headed metal staff

Double-headed metal staff
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.

8. Small ritual staff

Small ritual staff
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Small ritual metal staff with two prongs, a twisted neck, and a pointed end on the handle.

9. Wooden vase

Wooden vase
Date:
1950 and 1989
Description:
Small wooden vase with engraved design. Stamp on bottom reads "Handmade in Yugoslavia."

10. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden cane-shaped walking stick; origin Ik people of Uganda.

11. Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Framed acrylic painting of a pink house, barnyard with animals, and hanging laundry; signed "DzibA C. Rour" lower left; origin unknown.

12. Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Framed acrylic painting depicting two men with a sailboat at night; signed "JAK KATAR_ _" lower left corner (last letters illegible); origin unknown.

13. Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Framed acrylic painting depicting two people near a river within a forest; signed "JEFF" lower right; origin unknown.

14. Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Framed acrylic painting depicting three airplanes attacking a village; signed "DZibA" lower right corner; origin unknown.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Smoked ivory ornamental face mask

Smoked ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Smoked ivory ornamental face mask, openings for eyes, mouth has slight opening, showing teeth, crown on head; origin Epulu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), but is a replica of masks created by the Pende people (also of DRC).

18. Ivory toothpicks and holder

Ivory toothpicks and holder
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory toothpick holder with 10 ivory toothpicks, made for hotels, carved design on toothpicks; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

19. Ivory tusk

Ivory tusk
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Small ivory tusk, origin unknown.

20. Wooden Ndaka mask

Wooden Ndaka mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden face mask decorated with white, blue, and red paint; mouth carved in an oval, eyes have triangular lids with blue dots, chin has blue dots, cheeks have red and white dots, forehead has blue dots and white V-lines, straw beard; string attached to two nails in back; origin Ndaka people of the Ituri rainforest.