List of GIF Files

Dogon, Mali
Wood with white, red, and black pigment and twine
Height 38 1/4" (97 cm)
69-15-13
Purchased in 1969
**page 37**

Mossi, Burkna Faso, Yatenga region
Wood with twine
Height 35" (89) cm
68-35-2
Given by Katherine Reswick in 1968
**page 38**

Dan, Liberia/Guinea
Wood with iron
Height 9 5/8" (24.4 cm)
33-39-2
Given by J. Laporte through
Henry Usher Hall in 1933
**page 45**

Senufo, Ivory Coast, Boundali region
Wood with iron
Height 65" (165 cm)
30-10-1
Purchased from Summer Healy in 1930
**page 46**

Senufo, Ivory Coast
Wood with iron tacks, tin, and raffa twine
Height 11 3/8" (29 cm)
81-11-9
Reaccessioned in 1981
**page 50**

Akan, Ivory Coast
Gold
Diameter 2 7/8" (7.3 cm)
79-18-1
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull in 1979
**page 57**

Yourba, Ekiti subgroup, Nigeria
Wood with white pigment and iron staple
Height 46 1/2" (118 cm)
AF 2002
Purchased from W.O. Oldman in 1912
**page 61**

Yourba, Nigeria
Ivory
Height 7 5/16" (18.6 cm)
29-94-2
Purchased from W.O. Oldman before 1929
**page 65**

Ejagham, Nigeria, Calbar
Wood with antelope skin, basketry, and iron nails
Height 27 1/8" (69 cm)
Purchased from the estate of Christian Humann in 1982
**page 69**

Igbo, Nigeria
Wood with white and black pigment
Height 18 3/4" (47.5 cm)
AF 3661
Purchased from W.O. Oldman in 1912
**page 72**

Igbo, Nigeria
Wood with white, yellow, orange, and black pigment
Height 11 1/2" (29.4 cm)
AF 3657
Purchased from W.O.Oldman in 1912
**page 75**

Ijo, Nigeria, Brass
Wood with white pigment
Height 33 1/2" (85 cm)
AF 5122
Acquired in 1917
**page 77**

Ijo, Nigeria
Wood with mirrors, animal skin products, iron nails, cotton cloth, raffia, basketry, and
encrustations
Length 18 1/8" (46 cm)
70-8-1
Purchased from Georges Rodrigues in 1970
**page 79**

Mbulu Ngulu
Kota, Mindassa-Bawumbu subgroup, Gabon/Congo
Wood with copper, brass, and iron
Height 18 7/8" (48 cm)
29-12-227
Purchased from J. Laporte in 1929
**page 82**

Kota, Gabon
Wood with brass and staple
Height 22 5/8" (57.5 cm)
30-52-1
Purchased from Jan Kleycamp in 1930
**page 85**

Galwa, Gabon
Wood with white, black, and red pigment and feathers
Height without feathers 11 3/4" (29.7 cm)
Purchased from J. Laporte in 1929
**page 86**

Undetermined group, Gabon
Wood with white, red, and black pigment
Height 11 1/4" (28.5 cm)
29-35-20
Purchased from Lena H. White in 1929
**page 90**

Kongo, Zaire
Wood with iron nails and brass wire
Height 8 3/4" (22.2 cm)
AF 5174
Collected by Captain C. Blank in the Belgian Congo before 1920, and purchased from W.O.
Oldman in 1924
**page 97**

Kongo, Zaire, Chiloango River region
Wood with iron nails and blades, mirror and magic material
Height 41 3/8" (105 cm)
30-46-2
Collected at Cabinda, and purchased from Healy in 1930
**page 99**

Kongo, Yombe subgroup, Zaire
Wood with raffia, kaolin, and sapodilla seed shells
Height 21 5/8" (55 cm)
AF 35
Collected by the Reverend W. H. Leslie in the beginning of the 20th century, and given by him in 1905
**page 103**

Suku, Zaire
Wood with raffia and white and black pigment
Height without raffia 16 1/4" (41.2 cm)
AF 1870
Collected by Leo Frobenius in the Kasai and Congo river basins, Congo Free State, between
1904 and 1906, and purchased from J.F.G. Umlauff in 1912
**page 107**

Pende, Zaire
Wood with red, black, and white pigment;
raffia cloth; and raffia
Height 22 5/8" (57.5 cm)
77-4-1
Collected by the Reverend Herbert Langdon at Nyanga, Mukedi Station, near Charlesville,
Belgian Congo, between 1920 and 1922, and purchased from his wife, Zelma Z. Langdon, in
1977
**page 111**

Kuba, Zaire
Wood with orange, white, and black pigment; raffia and cotton cloth; glass beads; cowrie
shells; and brass tacks
Height 13" (33 cm)
AF 3685
Purchased from W.O. Oldman in 1912
**page 115**

Kete, Zaire
Wood with white pigment
Height 16 1/4" (41.2 cm)
AF 1879
Collected by Leo Frobenius in the Kasai and Congo river basins, Congo Free State, between
1904 and 1906, and purchased from J.F.G. Umlauff in 1912
**page 119**

Songye, Zaire
Wood with white pigment
Height 15" (38 cm)
AF 5115
Purchased from H. Vignier 1921
**page 122**

Tetela, Zaire
Wood with brass rings, glass beads, and human hair with cotton cloth backing
Height 15 5/8" (39.5 cm)
30-55-1
Collected by J. Noble White at Lubefu, Belgian Congo, 1925, and purchased from him in 1930
**page 126**

Luba, Hemba subgroup, Zaire
Wood with glass beads
Height 16 1/2" (42 cm)
AF 5121
Purchased from H. Vigner in 1912
**page 129**

Ngala, Angola
Wood with traces of white and red pigment
Height 9 11/16" (24.6 cm)
29-59-11
Collected by Amandus Johnson in Angola between 1922 and1924, and purchased from Henry C. Mercer in 1927
**page 136**

Soho, Botswana
Wood withbeeswax, glass, shell and iron beads, shell buttons, and sinew cord
Height 9 1/16" (23 cm)
30-21-2
Collected by Frederick Green in 1923, and given by Mrs. Edward Henson in 1930
**page 142**

Mahafaly, Madagascar, Amborompotsy
Wood
Height 89 1/8" (226.4 cm)
62-4-1
Purchased from Peter Marks in 1962
**page 145**


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