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  • Object[2,568]
  • no[950]
  • yes[1,618]
  • no[2,532]
  • yes[36]
  • african[2,568]
  • ankle bracelet[8]
  • anklet[6]
  • apron[15]
  • arrow[211]
  • arrow shaft[13]
  • axe[27]
  • back apron[4]
  • bag[7]
  • band[4]
  • bark beater[8]
  • bark cloth[9]
  • basket[32]
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  • bell[9]
  • belt[23]
  • bottle[10]
  • bow[11]
  • bowl[61]
  • box[67]
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  • charm[18]
  • cloth[50]
  • clothing trim[6]
  • cocoon[19]
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  • container[45]
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  • drinking horn[10]
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  • fabric fragment[14]
  • fetish[30]
  • figure[29]
  • figurine[5]
  • finger ring[8]
  • fish bone[33]
  • fringe[9]
  • game board[5]
  • girdle[7]
  • hair pin[22]
  • hat[27]
  • head ornament[7]
  • head rest[26]
  • horn (animal part)[7]
  • implement[5]
  • knife[138]
  • knife sheath[14]
  • ladle[12]
  • leg band[14]
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  • medicine packet[78]
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  • ornament[24]
  • pile cloth[55]
  • pipe[22]
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  • quiver[7]
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  • sample[13]
  • sculpture[31]
  • seed[15]
  • sheath[19]
  • shield[32]
  • snuff holder[7]
  • spear[118]
  • spear head[9]
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  • textile[204]
  • throwing knife[28]
  • tray[14]
  • trumpet[15]
  • vessel[27]
  • whistle[33]
  • alima river[7]
  • aruwimi district[74]
  • aruwimi river[12]
  • bangala district[69]
  • banza manteke[1]
  • bapoto town[1]
  • belgian congo[2,181]
  • boma district[4]
  • bomokandi river[3]
  • boyoma falls[127]
  • busira river[13]
  • central belgian congo[1]
  • congo[3]
  • congo free state[70]
  • congo river[2]
  • democratic republic of the congo[2,568]
  • eastern province[268]
  • elizabethville[2]
  • equatorial province[20]
  • french congo[1]
  • irumu[3]
  • isangi[5]
  • ituri forest[112]
  • juapa river[1]
  • juapa valley[4]
  • kasai[5]
  • kasai basin[3]
  • kasai district[1,445]
  • kasai river[1]
  • kasai-sankuru rivers[19]
  • katanga province[9]
  • king leopold district[1]
  • kinshasa[8]
  • kitunda[1]
  • kwango district[4]
  • kwango river[4]
  • lac mai-ndombe[3]
  • lake albert[12]
  • lake kivu[9]
  • lake leopold[14]
  • lake ntomba[1]
  • lebeju river[1]
  • leopoldville[8]
  • loange river[1]
  • loango[1]
  • lomami[9]
  • lomami river[6]
  • lopori river[1]
  • lower congo[2]
  • lower lomami river[6]
  • lower ubangi[2]
  • lualaba river[1]
  • lukolela town[2]
  • lukuga river region[1]
  • lulonga river[1]
  • lulonga-lopori[1]
  • lulongo valley[4]
  • lulua river[2]
  • mambasa[1]
  • maringa river[1]
  • maritime congo[1]
  • masai[1]
  • masisi[5]
  • mbeni[6]
  • mbomu river[1]
  • mombasa[1]
  • mount mikeno[1]
  • mubangi district[13]
  • mubangi river[6]
  • nava river[1]
  • nepoko river[1]
  • ngiri river[1]
  • northeast belgian congo[1]
  • northern belgian congo[2]
  • northern congo[2]
  • northern zaire[1]
  • pool malebo[8]
  • rwanda[5]
  • sankuru river[9]
  • south congo[1]
  • southwest belgian congo[30]
  • ubangi river[14]
  • uele river[24]
  • uganda[11]
  • upper aruwimi river[4]
  • upper aruwimi-nepoke[1]
  • upper lukenie river[1]
  • walikale[5]
  • wamba[1]
  • welle district[19]
  • zaire[5]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • modern[2]
  • aanza[7]
  • ababua[47]
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  • azande[34]
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  • babundu[39]
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  • badinga[6]
  • badjok[8]
  • bagenya[2]
  • bagwandi[2]
  • bahuana[32]
  • bajokwe[2]
  • bakete[47]
  • bakongo[18]
  • bakuba[3]
  • bakundu[46]
  • bakusu[12]
  • bakutu[16]
  • balega[2]
  • balolo (bantu culture)[23]
  • balou[2]
  • baluba[267]
  • bambala[61]
  • bangala[20]
  • bangendi[34]
  • bangongo[100]
  • banguli[8]
  • bankutu[48]
  • banza[5]
  • bapende[46]
  • bapindi[25]
  • bapinji[8]
  • bapoto[20]
  • barua[15]
  • basamba[2]
  • basanga[2]
  • bashilele[17]
  • bashoba[12]
  • basoko[17]
  • basonge[72]
  • basongo[22]
  • bateke[29]
  • batempa[3]
  • batetela[48]
  • bayaka[87]
  • bayanzi[23]
  • bena[4]
  • bena luba[2]
  • bienge[3]
  • bijogo[2]
  • budja[7]
  • bushongo[416]
  • bushoong[2]
  • dumba[5]
  • dumbi[6]
  • ekonda[2]
  • gasa[3]
  • ikundu[46]
  • isambo[18]
  • kalosh[4]
  • kanioka[107]
  • kondji[2]
  • kuba (african culture)[17]
  • lega[2]
  • lesa[6]
  • lohali[3]
  • lokele[12]
  • luba[2]
  • lulua[20]
  • mabudu[3]
  • mai[13]
  • malela[4]
  • mangbetu[63]
  • massisi[4]
  • mayombe[4]
  • mbole[3]
  • mbuti[110]
  • meno[10]
  • mobati[3]
  • mogwandi[3]
  • momvu[4]
  • mongwandi[10]
  • mubangi[2]
  • ngiri[3]
  • ngombe[8]
  • pianga[87]
  • pygmy[113]
  • sanga[3]
  • sango[3]
  • songe[4]
  • sungu[7]
  • vili[16]
  • wagenia[3]
  • watusi[5]
  • zappo-zap[16]
  • central africa[85]
  • basin of 3 rivers[1]
  • burungu camp at foot of mountain[1]
  • bushongo[1]
  • chief kaperamus' village[10]
  • east of mambasa[14]
  • katana[1]
  • kisenyis village[1]
  • moera's village[1]
  • moera's village between mbeni and irumu[1]
  • mongala river[1]
  • monge near walikali[1]
  • mumdula's village - 1 week west of katana,[1]
  • near mambasa[2]
  • near mbeni[11]
  • near mutoni[8]
  • north of chief mutoni's village[1]
  • north of mbeni[1]
  • north of mutoni[30]
  • nyanga or mukedi station[1]
  • animal[2]
  • antelope[1]
  • anthropomorphic[4]
  • bird[1]
  • boat[1]
  • bowl[1]
  • canoe[2]
  • cicatrisation[1]
  • dog[1]
  • drum[2]
  • female[4]
  • female head[1]
  • head[1]
  • house[2]
  • human[20]
  • human figure[3]
  • human figures[1]
  • human head[2]
  • human head?[1]
  • human heads[1]
  • huts[1]
  • lizard[1]
  • male[6]
  • man[11]
  • monkey head?[1]
  • musician[1]
  • pig[1]
  • seated female[1]
  • sun[1]
  • trees[1]
  • woman[7]
  • animal[1]
  • animal bone[1]
  • animal hair[2]
  • antelope horn[2]
  • bamboo[39]
  • bark[11]
  • bark cloth[5]
  • bead[2]
  • beads[3]
  • bone[3]
  • brass[111]
  • bronze[2]
  • button[1]
  • calabash[1]
  • cane (plant)[11]
  • ceramic[29]
  • clam shell[1]
  • claw[2]
  • cloth[2]
  • coconut shell[3]
  • copper[126]
  • copper alloy[17]
  • cord[1]
  • cork[1]
  • cotton[10]
  • cowrie[9]
  • cowrie shell[4]
  • dye[13]
  • earthenware[1]
  • elephant hair[1]
  • elephant ivory[2]
  • fabric[3]
  • feather[23]
  • feathers[47]
  • fiber[522]
  • fish bone[33]
  • fur[6]
  • glass[21]
  • glass paste[1]
  • gourd[105]
  • grass[14]
  • hair[6]
  • hide[7]
  • hoof[2]
  • horn (animal part)[28]
  • iron[571]
  • ivory[89]
  • lead[2]
  • leaf[27]
  • leather[90]
  • leopard skin[2]
  • leopard tooth[2]
  • lime[1]
  • metal[147]
  • metal alloy[1]
  • monkey skin[1]
  • nuts[5]
  • oils[2]
  • olivella shell[1]
  • paint[1]
  • palm[4]
  • palm branch[1]
  • palm fiber[6]
  • palm wood[1]
  • peanut shells[1]
  • pig teeth[1]
  • pigment[11]
  • pineapple fiber[1]
  • plant fiber[146]
  • plant material[2]
  • pod[1]
  • quill[1]
  • raffia[52]
  • rawhide[3]
  • reed (plant)[12]
  • reed fiber[5]
  • reptile skin[3]
  • resin (material)[2]
  • rope[6]
  • seashell[1]
  • seed[15]
  • seed pod[2]
  • seeds[15]
  • shell[3]
  • skin[35]
  • snail shell[2]
  • snakeskin[1]
  • stone[8]
  • thread[2]
  • tin[4]
  • tobacco[3]
  • tooth[3]
  • turtle shell[1]
  • tusk[4]
  • vine[1]
  • wicker[1]
  • wire[1]
  • wood[1,269]
  • wood fiber[1]
  • basketry[51]
  • burnt[2]
  • carved[276]
  • carving[1]
  • coiled[9]
  • dyed[1]
  • embroidered[82]
  • engraved[1]
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  • incised[62]
  • inlaid[1]
  • painted[2]
  • plaited[3]
  • twilled[12]
  • woven[6]
  • bela sara m'daye[1]
  • mwenze kibwanga[1]
  • yes[117]
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AF3685

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Mask

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