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Maker Congolese
Maker Lega
Object number81.17.1682
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 274, reproduced.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions3 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (9.53 x 3.18 cm)
MediumIvory
Two female ancestor amulet figures
Two female ancestor amulet figures
Congolese
Object number: 68.236
Photo: Paul Macapia
Tusk with relief carving
Congolese
ca. 1850
Object number: 81.17.832
Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the Slave Trade
Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the Slave Trade
Congolese
Object number: 47.145
Equestrian figure
Equestrian figure
Nigerian
Object number: 68.27
Seated Guardian Figure with Gun and Chicken on Hat
Seated Guardian Figure with Gun and Chicken on Hat
Akye
Object number: 68.29
Standing male fetish figure
Standing male fetish figure
Yaka
Object number: 68.33
Standing female Janus figure with horn of magic
Standing female Janus figure with horn of magic
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 68.34
Comb with standing male figure
Comb with standing male figure
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 68.37
Dagger handle
Dagger handle
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 68.28
Salt cellar
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 68.30
Salt cellar
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 68.31
Salt cellar
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 81.17.189