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Ceremonial Axe
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Mask: Gorilla
Kwele peoples
19th–20th century

Variable Tension Drum
Congolese
19th century

Knife and Sheath
Kuyu peoples
19th–20th century

Currency Blade (Mandjong)
Kwele peoples
19th–20th century (?)

Female Reliquary Figure
Mbete peoples
19th–20th century

Figurative vessel
Teke or Lari peoples
early to mid-twentieth century

Throwing Knife
Sangha River region (?)
19th–20th century

Kisanji (Cisaji)
Bateke
late 19th century

Mask
Aduma peoples
19th–20th century

Likembe
Bateke people
late 19th century

Figure: Male
Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–20th century

Beete Mask: Gorilla (Gon)
Kwele peoples
19th–20th century

Headdress
Kuyu peoples
19th–20th century

Half Figure
Mbete peoples
19th–20th century

Megaphone
Congolese
possibly 18th century

Beete Mask: Ram (Bata)
Kwele peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Male
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Throwing Knife
Sangha River region (?)
19th–20th century

Figure: Drummer
Lumbo peoples
19th–20th century

Mask -profile view

Walker Evans

1935

Rattle
Congolese
20th century

Chief Missangha
Early 20th century

Bankoa, chief of the Bateke
Teke
Early 20th century (postmarked June 26th, 1920)

Figure: Male
Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–20th century

Element from a Reliquary Ensemble
Kota peoples, Ndassa group
19th - early 20th century (before 1914)

Reliquary: Standing Male Figure
Kota peoples, Mbete group
19th century

Kunda (bell)
Mayumba people
late 19th century

Figure: Male
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Male Figure
Kuyu peoples
19th–early 20th century

Figure: Standing Male (Nkiba)
Teke peoples, Fumu group or Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–early 20th century

Figure: Janus
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Pregnant Female
Teke or Bembe peoples
19th–20th century

Seated Female Staff Finial

Master of Frontal Concentric Circles

19th century

Figure: Female
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Throwing Knife
Sangha River region (?)
19th–20th century

Figure: Male
Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–20th century

Kneeling Female Figure
Bembe peoples
Late 19th – early 20th century

Figure: Female
Beembe peoples
19th - early 20th century (before 1913)

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble
Kota peoples, Mahongwe group
1879 – early 20th century