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181. Fossilized elephant tooth

Fossilized elephant tooth
Date:
1950
Description:
Fossilized elephant tooth from Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

182. Hunting whistle

Hunting whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden hunting whistle bound with twine; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

183. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

184. 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.

185. 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.

186. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle and metal, diamond-shaped blade; some type of coating on blade; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

187. Decorated brass anklet

Decorated brass 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.

188. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.

189. Nuchuba gameboard

Nuchuba gameboard
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).

190. Knife with bone handle

Knife with bone handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with bone handle and metal blade; origin Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

191. Ivory ring

Ivory ring
Date:
1950
Description:
Carved ivory ring; origin Ituri, but also found in northern Uganda.

192. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

193. Bracelet

Bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Braided brown bracelet from Mbo people of Zaire (later, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

194. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

195. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

196. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

197. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

198. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

199. Stick whistle

Stick whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Stick that is cleft on one end with an orange string wrapped around cleft; reed whistle loosely attached to the other end.

200. Elephant hair bracelet with charm

Elephant hair bracelet with charm
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.