Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Mother and child statue

Mother and child statue

1880-1920

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

1890-1910

Ivory statue

Ivory statue

Lead amulet

Lead amulet

Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells

Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells

1890-1930

Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs

Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs

1860-1910

Ivory amulet, in the form of a head, Zaire

Ivory amulet, in the form of a head, Zaire

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board

1880-1930

Wooden amulet

Wooden amulet

Carved ivory statue

Carved ivory statue

1871-1920

Wood log roughly carved in stylised phallic form bound with plaited wicker

Wood log roughly carved in stylised phallic form bound with plaited wicker

1880-1930

Tobacco water pipe

Tobacco water pipe

1850-1920

Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl

Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl

1860-1874

Carved wooden divination board

Carved wooden divination board

1880-1920

Model of a cupping vessel

Model of a cupping vessel

1880-1920

Decorative wooden comb with carved anthropomorphic head

Decorative wooden comb with carved anthropomorphic head

1901-1930

Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human figure

Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human figure

1880-1920

Ivory amulet

Ivory amulet

Carved ivory snuff mortar in the form of a male figure

Carved ivory snuff mortar in the form of a male figure

1871-1920

Amulet, in the form of a face

Amulet, in the form of a face

Iron effigy in male form

Iron effigy in male form

1851-1920

Ivory amulet

Ivory amulet

Wooden amulet

Wooden amulet

Wooden amulet in the form of a carved head

Wooden amulet in the form of a carved head

Bronze amulet

Bronze amulet

Tobacco pipe

Tobacco pipe

1880-1925

Wooden amulet, made by the Bapende of Zaire

Wooden amulet, made by the Bapende of Zaire

Carved tobacco pipe

Carved tobacco pipe

1890-1920

Wooden amulet in the form of a carved head

Wooden amulet in the form of a carved head

Wooden amulet

Wooden amulet

Lead amulet

Lead amulet

Ivory amulet

Ivory amulet

Carved wooden effigy of squatting female figure surmounted by solid wood headdress

Carved wooden effigy of squatting female figure surmounted by solid wood headdress

1880-1925

Wooden amulet

Wooden amulet

Tobacco pipe

Tobacco pipe

1860-1930

Wooden anthropomorphic effigy

Wooden anthropomorphic effigy

1880-1930

Tattooing instruments in wooden case, two steel needles, one iron strip, two elephant hair points and a  bone pin

Tattooing instruments in wooden case, two steel needles, one iron strip, two elephant hair points and a bone pin

1900-1930

Amulet in the form of a face

Amulet in the form of a face

Snuff mortar and pestle

Snuff mortar and pestle

1850-1912

Carved wooden anthropomorphic figure standing on incised base

Carved wooden anthropomorphic figure standing on incised base

1880-1910

Metal amulet

Metal amulet

Ivory amulet

Ivory amulet

Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity

Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity

1880-1930

Ivory amulet

Ivory amulet

Bronze amulet

Bronze amulet

Carved wooden figurine of kneeling woman holding a small child on one knee, other hand clutching her left breast, padded cloth neckband, made by medicine man to keep evil spirits away from pregnant women, Mayombe tribe, West Congo, 1880-1925

Carved wooden figurine of woman and child

1880-1925

Carved wooden dog with a beeswax dorsal casket on back with inset mirror (broken) wooden bones with beeswax ends hung around body, prepared by the medicine man, Mayombe tribe(?), maker, Congo, 1880-1920

Carved wooden dog with a beeswax dorsal casket on

1880-1920

Lead amulet, made by the Bapende of Zaire

Lead amulet, made by the Bapende of Zaire

Wooden anthropomorphic statue, resinous concretion in headdress, mirror-fronted abdominal protusion of resin containing "medicine" mirrors for divinatory purposes, Mayombe or neighbouring tribes, West Congo, 1880-1920

Wooden anthropomorphic statue

1880-1920

Pair of iron tongs and a spoon, Azande, maker, North East Belgian Congo, 1890-1930

Pair of iron tongs and a spoon

1890-1930