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Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern
Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern

Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern

Maker Congolese
Object number81.17.790
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Museum for African Art, Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History, February 2 - September 8, 1996, 2/2-9/8/96; National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 10/30/96 - 1/26/97
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions34 x 7 3/4 x 8 in. (86.3 x 19.7 x 20.3 cm)
MediumWood
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Kneeling Male Power Figure (Nkondi)
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Male harp
Male harp
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.882.2
Male mask (Ishyeen Imaalu)
Congolese
Object number: 2001.48
Tobacco Mortar: Male Crouching Beneath Vessel
Tobacco Mortar: Male Crouching Beneath Vessel
Congolese
Object number: 52.100
Image Not Available for Male puppet with moveable arms and legs
Male puppet with moveable arms and legs
Congolese
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object number: 97.61
Fetish figure with magic bundle on body
Fetish figure with magic bundle on body
Congolese
Object number: 68.53
Image Not Available for Figure
Figure
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.170
Image Not Available for Singiti (ancestor figure)
Singiti (ancestor figure)
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.602
Figure
Figure
Congolese
20th century
Object number: 81.17.833
Standing figure (Nkondi)
Standing figure (Nkondi)
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.836
Photo: Paul Macapia
Standing figure
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.841
Janiform figure (Saki Matwe Matwe - or Mr. Many-Heads)
Janiform figure (Saki Matwe Matwe - or Mr. Many-Heads)
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.864