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Mask
Boa
19th–20th century

Commemorative figure
Hemba peoples
19th–20th century

Divination Instrument (Galukoji)
Pende peoples
20th century

Throwing Knife
Mobangi peoples
19th–20th century

Prestige Cap (Laket mishiing)
Kuba
19th–20th century

Clyster
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Hat (Emat'Eyeye)
Dengese
19th–20th century

Prestige Panel
Kuba peoples
20th century

Headdress
Salampasu peoples
20th century

Xylophone
Hembe people
ca. 1900

Helmet Mask (Nyachi)
Kuba peoples, Kete group
19th–20th century

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi Nkondi)
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Ancestor figure
Teke artist
19th century

Prestige Cap (Laket mishiing)
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Chief Dombi (Ndombe) and his son
ca. 1913

Lidded vessel
Mbala-Kuba artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Kifwebe bakashi (female mask)
Songye artist
19th–early 20th century

Figure: Male
Kusu or northern Luba peoples

Bwami Miniature Pestle (Mutudo)
Lega peoples
19th–20th century

Drum
probably Luba people
19th century

Ancestral Shrine (Nzo a Bakulu) for a Yombe Chief at Burial Site (Case-fétiche au Congo)
Hector Deleval
Photograph, ca. 1908; postcard, early 20th century

Kumbi Bed Panel:Three Seated Figures
Master of Kasadi Workshop
19th - early 20th century, inventoried 1939

Mpaan (prestige headdress)
Kuba artist
ca. 1850–1920

Mask
Master of Kasadi
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1946

Ceremonial Wrapper ("Tcaka")
Kuba peoples
20th century

Unfinished Panel Fragment
Democratic Republic of Congo
19th–20th century

Singiti (commemorative portrait of a chief)
Hemba artist
19th–early 20th century

Nkishi (community power figure)
Songye artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century

Wife of the Chief
Early 20th century

Headrest: Head
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Angle Harp
Mangbetu/Zandu people
19th century

Horn
Congolese
late 19th Century

Ngonge
Congolese
late 19th century

Prestige Cap (Laket mishiing)
Kuba
19th–20th century

Prestige Stool
Kuba peoples
1915 or later

Pendant: Seated Female Figure
Luba peoples
19th–20th century

Staff: Mother and Child
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Mask
Ngbaka peoples
19th–20th century

Wrapper
Mangbetu peoples
20th century

Prestige Cap (Laket )
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century