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Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927

Accession Lot

  • Object[249]
  • no[55]
  • yes[194]
  • no[245]
  • yes[4]
  • african[249]
  • amulet[17]
  • arrow[10]
  • axe[6]
  • bag[1]
  • band[1]
  • basket[10]
  • basket lid[1]
  • bottle[1]
  • bow[2]
  • bowl[1]
  • bracelet[2]
  • carrier (object)[1]
  • carrying stick[27]
  • carving[1]
  • chair[1]
  • club[6]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[5]
  • cosmetic container[1]
  • crown[2]
  • drum[2]
  • fetish[51]
  • fiddle[2]
  • figure[2]
  • figurine[2]
  • finger piano[4]
  • fish net[1]
  • hat[3]
  • head rest[1]
  • headdress[1]
  • ladle[2]
  • mask[6]
  • mat[2]
  • mortar[3]
  • musical bow[1]
  • musical horn[1]
  • necklace[2]
  • pestle[2]
  • pipe[4]
  • pipe bowl[2]
  • pipe mouthpiece[1]
  • pipe stem[3]
  • powder horn[2]
  • rasp[1]
  • rattle[5]
  • sanza[4]
  • sceptre[1]
  • sculpture[4]
  • sieve[3]
  • slit drum[3]
  • snuff box[1]
  • snuff mortar[1]
  • snuff tube[14]
  • spear[2]
  • staff[4]
  • stool[5]
  • stopper[2]
  • tobacco pipe[1]
  • vessel[2]
  • walking stick[2]
  • whisk[2]
  • whistle[1]
  • xylophone[1]
  • xylophone stick[1]
  • africa[3]
  • angola[246]
  • bangba[1]
  • bwila[2]
  • camai[3]
  • kandudi[1]
  • katete[1]
  • kawe[3]
  • kela[1]
  • kesanga[1]
  • kisanga[1]
  • kwango river[1]
  • lili[8]
  • luhanda[4]
  • luhi[6]
  • lunda[1]
  • malange[1]
  • marimba[1]
  • mbundi[1]
  • mbundu[3]
  • n'bondo[1]
  • ngangandala[1]
  • nomba[1]
  • nonde village[1]
  • saurimo[1]
  • ambundu[98]
  • bailundu[1]
  • bakongo[1]
  • bayaka[2]
  • bomba[1]
  • chokwe[4]
  • hanha[2]
  • hanya[2]
  • kimbundu[66]
  • kioko[6]
  • maholo[9]
  • mangolo[1]
  • marimba[2]
  • masongo[27]
  • masuku[2]
  • mbangala[7]
  • musuku[2]
  • n'gola[1]
  • n`bondo[1]
  • ngala[2]
  • njinga[7]
  • whila[2]
  • central africa[16]
  • bought on road to miramba[1]
  • amandus johnson[15]
  • animal[4]
  • ass[1]
  • bird[4]
  • child?[1]
  • female[1]
  • headdress[1]
  • human[5]
  • human face[3]
  • human figure[4]
  • human head[5]
  • male[1]
  • man[4]
  • ox[1]
  • woman[1]
  • english language[1]
  • antelope horn[1]
  • bamboo[16]
  • brass[16]
  • calabash[1]
  • cane (plant)[1]
  • ceramic[1]
  • clay[1]
  • cloth[1]
  • copper[1]
  • cord[1]
  • cotton[1]
  • elephant hide[1]
  • feather[4]
  • fiber[65]
  • glass[7]
  • gourd[23]
  • grass[1]
  • hair[3]
  • hide[1]
  • horn (animal part)[9]
  • iron[11]
  • leather[25]
  • metal[8]
  • pigment[1]
  • quill[1]
  • rawhide[1]
  • reed (plant)[5]
  • seeds[4]
  • shell[4]
  • skin[2]
  • steel[9]
  • stone[1]
  • straw[1]
  • tin[2]
  • turtle shell[1]
  • wood[187]
  • basketry[11]
  • carved[10]
  • incised[12]
  • painted[2]
  • woven[1]
  • yes[17]

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29-59-125

29-59-125

Necklace

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29-59-172

29-59-172

Carrying Stick

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29-59-87

29-59-87

Slit Drum

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29-59-160

29-59-160

Carrying Stick

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29-59-159

29-59-159

Carrying Stick

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29-59-66

29-59-66

Fetish

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29-59-161

29-59-161

Carrying Stick

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29-59-17

29-59-17

Fetish

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29-59-224

29-59-224

Mortar

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29-59-75

29-59-75

Amulet

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29-59-103

29-59-103

Whistle

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29-59-147

29-59-147

Snuff Tube

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29-59-209

29-59-209

Spear

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29-59-50

29-59-50

Fetish

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29-59-117

29-59-117

Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

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29-59-45

29-59-45

Amulet

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29-59-143

29-59-143

Snuff Tube

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29-59-63

29-59-63

Fetish

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29-59-154

29-59-154

Snuff Box

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29-59-115

29-59-115

Crown

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29-59-30

29-59-30

Fetish

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29-59-133B

29-59-133B

Pipe Stem

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29-59-16

29-59-16

Fetish

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29-59-155

29-59-155

Cosmetic Container

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29-59-204

29-59-204

Axe

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29-59-194

29-59-194

Staff

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29-59-82

29-59-82

Fetish

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29-59-236

29-59-236

Vessel

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29-59-174

29-59-174

Club

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29-59-229

29-59-229

Fetish

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29-59-90

29-59-90

Rattle

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29-59-89

29-59-89

Rattle

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