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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:  2  3 4 5

   
 

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Knife (ikul)

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Iron, wood, copper
L: 20 in. (50.8 cm), W: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm)
Provenance: Altschule Collection
 

Carved cup, Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the CongoSold

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Carved cup

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, red camwood powder
H: 5.25 in. (13.3 cm), D: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Provenance: Altschule Collection
         
43
Figural pestle

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood
L: 19.25 in. (48.9 cm)
Provenance: Bronson Collection
Published: Cornet, A Survey of Zairian Art: The Bronson Collection, cat. 139
 

Mbira with figural head, Undetermined culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Mbira with figural head

Undetermined culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, iron, wire, organic materials
L: 9.5 in. (24.1 cm), W: 5.5 in. (13.9 cm)
         

Mask, Lega peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Mask (lukwakongo)
Lega peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, kaolin, fiber
L: 7 in. (17.8 cm), W: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
 

Knife in sheath, Ngbandi or Yakoma peoples, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Knife in sheath

Ngbandi or Yakoma peoples, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Iron, copper, wood, hide, fiber, glass beads
L: 14.25 in. (36.2 cm) (length of sheath 9.8 in.)
         

Mask, Mdaaka or related peoples, Ituri region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Mask

Ndaaka or related peoples, Ituri region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, pigments
H: 9.5 in. (24.1 cm), W: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm)
Provenance: Purchased from Alfred Scheinberg, ca. 1980
     
         
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