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Alvaro III of Kongo to Philip III of Portugal Establishing Mutually Beneficial Relations Between the Two Countries and Explaining Kongo’s Deteriorating Relationship with the Province of Soyo
Kongo Kingdom
October 24,1615

Commemorative couple
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Headdress: Bush Pig (Ngulu)
Chokwe peoples
20th century

A chief of the Lunda
Early 20th century (postmarked February 15,1910)

Power Figure: Kneeling Female with Serpents and Secondary Figures (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples; Vili group
19th century, inventoried 1885

Royal Whisk Handle: Female Figure
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Comb: Head
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Commemorative figure of a chief
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Figure: Seated Female with Child
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th – early 20th century; inventoried 1916

Mask
Master of Kasadi
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1932

Power Figure: Standing Female Figure with Child (Wife of Mabyaala?) (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples; Vili group
19th century, inventoried 1885

Commemorative figure of a chief as Cibinda Ilunga
Chokwe peoples
Before 1914

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1903

Seated Male Figure
Kongo peoples, Kakongo group
mid to late 19th century

Moata Vamoa, a chief of the Lunda
Early 20th century

Basket
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Cylindrical Drum
Chokwe people
first half 20th century

Seated tumba (memorial figure)
Kongo artist
Late 18th–early 19th century

Pendant: Virgin Mary
Kongo peoples
16th–17th century

Garment (Nkutu)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Commemorative figure of a chief
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Spear
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Ngundja (royal seat)
Chokwe artist
19th–mid-20th century

Kakoshi (reproduction)
Masongo/Mosengo
late 19th century

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples
19th century

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1909

Pipe: Rifle
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Horn (Pungi)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Prestige Stool: Mother and Child Caryatid
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Commemorative Mother and Child Figure
Kongo, Yombe group
19th–20th century

Commemorative female figure

Chokwe artist

Late 19th century