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Showing 67 results for Congolese (Ngala people?)

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Rattle
Congolese (Ngala people?)
late 19th century

Rattle (thafu ma luangu)
Kongo peoples
19th century

Bondjo
Ekonda people (Konda)
ca. 1915

Ceremonial Knife (Mbulu or M'Boutou)
Ngala peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Knife
Ngala peoples
19th–20th century

Rattle
Congolese (Ngala)
late 19th century

Kunda (bell)
Mayumba people
late 19th century

Bell
Congolese
late 19th century

Whistle
Kuba, Ngend or Yaka people
early 20th century

Headrest Base: Seated Female Figure
Master of the Cascade Coiffure
19th–20th century

Pipe: Head
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Vessel: Drum
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Bwami Figure: Female
Lega peoples
19th–20th century

Figurine: Female (Bwami)
Lega peoples
19th–20th century

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

Ceremonial Staff: Head Finial (Kibango)
Luba peoples
19th–20th century

Tobacco Mortar: Crouching Figure
Luluwa peoples
19th–20th century

Figure
Luluwa peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Staff: Seated Female Finial (Kibango)
Luba peoples
19th–early 20th century

Figure
Yaka peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Janus
Teke peoples
19th–20th century

Vessel: Tankard
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Vessel: Figure
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Staff
Dengese peoples
19th–20th century

Half Figure
Luluwa peoples
19th–20th century

Headrest: Head
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Female (Yanda)
Zande peoples
19th–20th century

Figurative Lid
Mangbetu peoples
First half of 20th century

Half Figure: Male
Kusu peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Male
Dengese peoples
19th–20th century

Figure
Luba peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Seated Female
Mangbetu peoples
First half of 20th century

Vessel: Female Figure
Wongo peoples
19th–20th century

Figure: Male
Yaka peoples
19th–20th century

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

Figurative Harp (Domu)
Mangbetu peoples
First half of 20th century

Ceremonial Spoon: Figure
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Vessel: Head
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Head (Bwami)
Lega peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Vessel: Head
Luba peoples
19th–20th century