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1. Ivory hair pin

Description:
Ivory hairpin, curved with a pointed tip on one end and the other a carved head of a woman; hair is that of a Mangbetu woman, decoration on torso.

2. Red ivory trumpet

Date:
1951,1989
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.

3. Red ivory trumpet

Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Red ivory trumpet with a carved bird and snake, some kind of skin around larger opening; origin Central Africa.