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Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Thumb Piano (Mbira)
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Staff with Equestrian Finial
Songo
19th–first half of 20th century

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

Figure: Saint Anthony (Toni Malau)
Kongo peoples
18th century

Comb: Head
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

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

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 figure of a chief as Cibinda Ilunga
Chokwe peoples
Before 1914

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

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

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

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

Pwo mask
Chokwe peoples
Early 20th century

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

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
ca. 1880–1900

Commemorative female figure
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Ceremonial Spear
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

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

Divination Figure (Hamba)
Chokwe or Lwena (?)
19th–20th century

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

Divination Basket (Ngombo Ya Cisuka)
Chokwe peoples
20th century

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

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

Commemorative female figure

Chokwe artist

Late 19th century

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

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

Pwo mask
Chokwe peoples
19th–early 20th century

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

Commemorative figure of a chief
Chokwe peoples
19th century

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

Commemorative female figure
Chokwe peoples
19th century

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

Staff: Head Finial
Songo
19th–20th century

Drum (Mukupela)
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
17th century

Kakoshi (reproduction)
Masongo/Mosengo
late 19th century

Mwanangana (lord of the land) playing a sanza
Chokwe artist
19th century (before 1869)

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