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Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Kozo)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1898

Commemorative figure of a chief as Cibinda Ilunga
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Scepter: Male Figure
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Commemorative female figure
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Pwo (female) mask
Chokwe artist
First quarter of 20th century

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

Pwo mask
Chokwe peoples
Early 20th century

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

Comb: Head
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
17th–18th century

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

Staff Finial: Chief Seated on Dog
Kongo peoples
19th–early 20th century

Prestige Cap (Laket ?)
Chokwe
19th–20th century

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

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

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century

Pwo mask
Chokwe peoples
19th–early 20th century

Staff: Head Finial
Songo
19th–20th century

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

Commemorative figure of a chief playing a sanza (thumb piano)
Chokwe peoples
19th-20th century

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

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1898

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

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

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
16th–19th century

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

Pipe: Male Figure
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Afonso I of the Kongo to Manuel I of Portugal regarding the Burning of “The Great House of Idols”
Kongo Kingdom
October 5, 1514

Commemorative female figure

Chokwe artist

Late 19th century