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Nyonganyonga, Wood, shell, metal, beads, Possibly Barwe People
Nyonganyonga
Possibly Barwe People
ca. 1900
Staff with snuff vessel, Zulu or Tsonga artist, Wood, Zulu or Nguni peoples
Staff with snuff vessel
Zulu or Tsonga artist
19th–20th century
Simbo (ceremonial staff) with two heads , Makonde artist, Wood, Makonde
Simbo (ceremonial staff) with two heads 
Makonde artist
19th–mid-20th century
Ceremonial axe with headrest, Tsonga or Shona artist, Wood, iron alloy, copper alloy, Shona peoples
Ceremonial axe with headrest
Tsonga or Shona artist
Late 19th century
Ceremonial axe with breasts, Tsonga or Shona artist, Wood, iron, Shona
Ceremonial axe with breasts
Tsonga or Shona artist
Late 19th–early 20th century
Chilongo chakumuto (water vessel), Makonde artist, Terracotta, slip, kaolin, Makonde peoples
Chilongo chakumuto (water vessel)
Makonde artist
Mid-twentieth century
Headrest, Wood, Tsonga peoples
Headrest
Tsonga peoples
19th–20th century
Nyonganyonga, Barwe people (?), Wood, shell, metal, various materials, probably Mozambican
Nyonganyonga
Barwe people (?)
ca. 1940
Timbila, Wood, leather skin, and twine, Chopi people
Timbila
Chopi people
19th century
Ibacarre, Tin, wood, Mozambican
Ibacarre
Mozambican
late 19th century
Mbila, Wood, leather, skin & twine, Chopi people
Mbila
Chopi people
19th century
valimba (xylophone), Wood, string, leather, Sena peoples
valimba (xylophone)
Sena peoples
19th century
Staff: Head Finial, Wood, Makonde
Staff: Head Finial
Makonde
19th–first half of 20th century