Central Africa
Objects include prime examples of ritual figures and masks from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Cameroon Grassfields, an impressive array of weapons, and contemporary photographs by Angèle Etoundi Essamba.
Piction collections thumbnails
Unidentified Fang or Kota maker
Bird-headed Ceremonial Knife (musele)
collected about 1892
2013.75.1
Unidentified Ekpe Society maker, Banyang
Medicine Mat / Power Emblem
late 19th-20th century
987.18.26714
Unidentified Hemba maker
Janus Figure: Male and Female Standing Back to Back
early 20th century
990.53.27173
Unidentified Kongo maker
Sword of Royal Authority (mebele a lulendo)
19th century or earlier
997.20.30355
Unidentified Hemba-Niembo maker
Memorial Figure of a Lineage Head
late 19th-early 20th century
998.13.30366
Unidentified Kongo or Yombe maker
Mfumu Kanda (Memorial Figure of a Clan Leader)
19th-20th century
998.4.30364
Unidentified Songe maker
Kifwebe Bakashi, Female Mask of the Kifwebe Society
19th-20th century
s.976.258