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exhibitions > past: African Art from Four Regions: Masks, Sculpture, and Ceremonial Objects from the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Equatorial Africa, and the Congo Basin May 31 - July 27, 2002 (catalogue available) Foreword Introduction \| Thumbnails: 1 2 3 4 5

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	31 Helmet mask with three faces (ngontang) Fang peoples, Gabon Wood, pigments H: 15 in. (38.1 cm), W: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Provenance: Altschule Collection			32 Figural staff Kota or related peoples, Gabon Wood, pigments L: 41 in. (104.1 cm)

	33 Figure Kuyu peoples, Republic of the Congo Wood, pigments H: 17.75 in. (45.1 cm), W: 4 in. (10.2 cm)			34 Figure (buti) Teke peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, pigments, organic materials H: 15 in. (38.1 cm), W: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)

	35 Sword of authority (mbele a lulendo) Kongo peoples, Republic of the Congo Iron H: 23.5 in. (59.7 cm) Provenance: Arnett Collection			36 shown with 35 Sword of authority (mbele a lulendo) Kongo peoples, Republic of the Congo Iron, ivory L: 30.75 in. (78.1 cm) Published: Blackmun, Blades of Beauty and Death, cat. 9a

	37 Figural post (kambaandzia tsiinda) Yaka peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, pigments H: 20 in. (50.8 cm), W: 5 in. (12.7 cm)			38 Mask with fiber headdress (mbuya) Kwilu (Western) Pende peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, pigments, fiber H: 13 in. (33 cm), W: 7 in. (17.8 cm) Provenance: Altschule Collection, Ex collection Jeanne Walschot, Antwerp Published: De Sousberghe, L’art Pende, cat. 39

	39 Mask (mwana pwo) Chokwe peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, pigments H: 9 in. (22.9 cm), W: 6 in. (15.2 cm) Provenance: Ex collection Werner Fischer			40 Figural staff Chokwe peoples, Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood H: 27.5 in. (69.9 cm) Provenance: Altschule Collection

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