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

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

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

Power figure
Vili (Kongo)
ca.1850

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure with Clasped Hands
Master of Kasadi
19th century, inventoried 1898

Mask
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th–early 20th century

Staff Finial:Kneeling Figure with Feline Head
Kongo peoples
19th century

Figure: Seated Female with Child
Master of Kasadi
19th - early 20th century

Ancestral Shrine Figure: Kneeling Female with Vessel and Seated Figure
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th–early 20th century

Ancestral Shrine Figure: Kneeling Female with Vessel and Seated Figure
Kongo peoples, Yombe group
19th–early 20th century

Prestige Cap (Mpu)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1903

Staff Finial: Kneeling Female with Clasped Hands
Kongo peoples
19th century, documented ca.1891

Seated Female Figure with Child (pfemba)
Kongo peoples, Yombe group
Late 19th - early 20th century

Kongo peoples

19th - early 20th century (before 1926)

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Kongo artist and nganga, Yombe group
Second half of the 19th century

Oliphant
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th century

Vessel Fragment
Kongo peoples
Ca. 1140

Vessel Fragment
Kongo peoples
Ca. 610±30 - 700±30 (late Iron Age)

Vessel Fragment
Kongo peoples
Ca. 1530-50 (late Iron Age)

Prestige Staff of Henrique III
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
Ca.1842–1857

Figure: Seated Female Nursing Child
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1924

Male Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo artist and nganga
late19th–mid-20th century

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century

Homage To Malcolm
Jack Whitten
1965

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

Kunda
Yombe group, Kongo people
19th century

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

Pendant: Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–19th century

Cross with Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo artist
16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Prestige Staff: Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo peoples
19th century

Luxury Cloth
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–17th century, inventoried 1659

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

Untitled (Central African Ngbaka bow-harp, Kuba cammwood powder container and Kongo clay vessel)
Marjorie Griffiths
ca. 1935

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

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

Figure: Female
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Monkey Figure
Kongo peoples (?)
19th century

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

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

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