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Attributions are preserved as documentary information; they do not constitute certification of origin.
Attributed cultures.
183 entries with objectsAbron
4 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Adan
2 records · Ghana
Aduma
3 records · Gabon
Afar
2 records · Ethiopia
Agni
15 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Akan
154 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Akan
5 records · Ghana
Ambete
4 records · Gabon
Ashanti
33 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Ashanti
3 records · Ghana
Attye
9 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Babanki
1 records · Cameroon
Baga
15 records · Guinea (Conakry)
Baka
2 records · Cameroon
Bakele
1 records · Gabon
Bakongo
40 records
Bakongo
8 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bakota-Mahongwe
8 records · Gabon
Bakota-Obamba
8 records · Gabon
Baluba
24 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bambara
76 records · Mali
Bamileke
75 records · Cameroon
Bamun
28 records · Cameroon
Bangwa
3 records · Cameroon
Bari
4 records · Sudan
Basongye
9 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bassa
2 records · Cameroon
Baule
608 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Bembe
9 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bete
13 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Bidjogo
71 records · Guinea-Bissau
Bini O Edo
8 records · Nigeria
Bini O Edo (Benin)
56 records · Nigeria
Boa
3 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bobo
4 records · Burkina Faso
Bongo
1 records · Uganda
Bororo
1 records · Niger
Bozo
8 records · Mali
Bulu
4 records · Cameroon
Bura
14 records · Niger
Bwa
13 records · Burkina Faso
Chamba
4 records · Nigeria
Coptos
1 records · Ethiopia
Dan
50 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Dan-Yacuba
5 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Denghese
2 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diula
6 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Djenne
27 records · Mali
Djimini
9 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Dogon
138 records · Mali
Duala
3 records · Cameroon
Ebrie
3 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Eket
9 records · Nigeria
Ekoi-Ejagan
8 records · Nigeria
Ewe
3 records · Togo
Fali
5 records · Cameroon
Fang
66 records · Gabon
Fang Betsi
3 records · Gabon
Fang Mabea
5 records · Gabon
Fang Mwaï
3 records · Gabon
Fang Ngumba
1 records · Gabon
Fang Ntumu
1 records · Gabon
Fang Okak
1 records · Equatorial Guinea
Fanti
3 records · Ghana
Fon
12 records · Benin
Galoa
4 records · Gabon
Gan
11 records · Burkina Faso
Grebo
3 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Grebo
6 records · Liberia
Guere
5 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Guro
34 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Gurunsi
9 records · Burkina Faso
Hausa
4 records · Cameroon
Hemba
6 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ibibio
12 records · Nigeria
Idoma
3 records · Nigeria
Igala
2 records · Nigeria
Igbo
38 records · Nigeria
Ijo
2 records · Nigeria
Kamba
3 records · Kenya
Kapsiki
2 records · Cameroon
Karo
5 records · Ethiopia
Kirdi
9 records · Cameroon
Kissi
2 records · Guinea (Conakry)
Kissi
1 records · Sierra Leone
Koma (De Komaland)
2 records · Ghana
Konda
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kongo
9 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kongo Mboma
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kongo Vili
8 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kongo-Yombe
10 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Koro
1 records · Nigeria
Kota
4 records · Gabon
Kota Mahongwe
2 records · Gabon
Kota Sangu
8 records · Gabon
Kran
10 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Kuba
29 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kulango
10 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Kumu
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kunda
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kurumba
3 records · Burkina Faso
Kusu
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kuyu
5 records · People’s Republic of the Congo
Kwele
14 records · Gabon
Landuma
3 records · Guinea (Conakry)
Lega
15 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lele
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lengola
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ligbi
8 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Lobi
66 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Losso
1 records · Togo
Lulua
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lunda
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lwalwa
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
M'bole
2 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mahú
1 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Makonde
12 records · Tanzania
Mama
3 records · Nigeria
Mambila
27 records · Nigeria
Mangbetu
24 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mangoro
3 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Marka
8 records · Mali
Masái
4 records · Kenya
Mende
8 records · Liberia
Mende
2 records · Sierra Leone
Moba
4 records · Togo
Mossi
61 records · Burkina Faso
Mumuye
7 records · Cameroon
Mumuye
4 records · Nigeria
Nafana
1 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Nalu
2 records · Guinea-Bissau
Namji
16 records · Cameroon
Nbaka
3 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ndengese
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nemadi
1 records · Mauritania
Ngandi
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ngata-Ntomba
3 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ngombe
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Niabua
1 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Nok
8 records · Nigeria
Nyamwezi
1 records · Tanzania
Ogoni
4 records · Nigeria
Oku
2 records · Cameroon
Ovambo
6 records
Pende
24 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Peul
14 records · Mali
Punu
28 records · Gabon
Punu Lumbo
6 records · Gabon
Salampasu
6 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sao
7 records · Chad
Sao
11 records · Cameroon
Senufo
149 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Sikasingo-Boyo
1 records · Tanzania
Songye
13 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Suku
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sumbwa
1 records · Tanzania
Tagbana
5 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Teke
15 records · People’s Republic of the Congo
Temné
2 records · Sierra Leone
Tetela
4 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tikar
28 records · Cameroon
Toma
3 records · Sierra Leone
Toma
3 records · Guinea (Conakry)
Toussian
4 records · Burkina Faso
Tschokwe
36 records
Tsogho
8 records · Gabon
Tuareg
25 records · Niger
Tuareg Del Mali
4 records · Mali
Vili (Kongo)
1 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vuvi
6 records · Gabon
Wawa
3 records · Nigeria
West Africa
16 records · West Africa
Wobé
4 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Wolof
13 records · Senegal
Wurkun
1 records · Nigeria
Yaka
12 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yakoma
1 records · Central African Republic
Yaure
17 records · Côte d’Ivoire
Yombe
2 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yoruba
87 records · Nigeria
Zande
3 records · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaramo
3 records · Tanzania
Zulu
1 records · South Africa
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Countries and regions.
30 entries with objectsAngola
20 records
Benin
10 records
Burkina Faso
148 records
Cameroon
208 records
Central African Republic
7 records
Chad
19 records
Côte d’Ivoire
1,070 records
Democratic Republic of the Congo
294 records
Equatorial Guinea
1 records
Ethiopia
7 records
Gabon
173 records
Ghana
67 records
Guinea (Conakry)
19 records
Guinea-Bissau
70 records
Kenya
5 records
Liberia
13 records
Mali
278 records
Mauritania
1 records
Namibia
6 records
Niger
35 records
Nigeria
266 records
People’s Republic of the Congo
7 records
Senegal
18 records
Sierra Leone
18 records
South Africa
2 records
Sudan
4 records
Tanzania
19 records
Togo
12 records
West Africa
94 records
Zambia
1 records
There are no entries matching this section.
Object types and sections.
85 entries with objectsAerophones
8 records
Altar masks
32 records
Anthropomorphic figures
210 records
Anthropozoomorphic figures
110 records
Back masks
8 records
Beaded figures
13 records
Belly masks
5 records
Bracelets and armlets
71 records
Bronze helmets
2 records
Bronze masks
42 records
Bronzes
143 records
Ceremonial weapons, sceptres and staffs
51 records
Chordophones
8 records
Coins
53 records
Colons
39 records
Combs
35 records
Containers
37 records
Couples and families
27 records
Court art
13 records
Deities and protective figures
39 records
Divination hammers
18 records
Doors and locks
26 records
Equestrian figures
17 records
Face masks
16 records
Female statues
115 records
Female statues
18 records
Fertility
56 records
Festival masks
5 records
Fetishes
76 records
Figurative weights
37 records
Flywhisks
9 records
Forces of nature
4 records
Forces of nature
1 records
Forehead masks
5 records
Funerary beds
1 records
Funerary masks
1 records
Funerary masks
1 records
Games
9 records
Geometric weights
193 records
Gold-weighing accessories
26 records
Hand masks
6 records
Headdresses
9 records
Headrests
19 records
Helmet masks
12 records
Hermaphrodites and androgynes
11 records
Idiophones
18 records
Illness masks
9 records
Ivory and bone
40 records
Jewellery
4 records
Lamellophones
4 records
Large masks
83 records
Leather heads
1 records
Magic and divination
51 records
Male statues
116 records
Masks
1 records
Masks without eyes
4 records
Maternity figures and women
74 records
Membranophones
7 records
Miscellaneous
38 records
Miscellaneous masks
3 records
Musical instruments
11 records
Necklaces
8 records
Oracles and altars
17 records
Original section 58 · name not recorded
54 records
Passport masks
32 records
Pendants and ornaments
42 records
Pipes
24 records
Proverb weights
20 records
Pulleys and looms
38 records
Regalia
2 records
Reliquaries
78 records
Rings
30 records
Shoulder masks
4 records
Slingshots
49 records
Speaking masks
3 records
Spoons
36 records
Stone
12 records
Stools
16 records
Supernatural forces
3 records
Tapestries
24 records
Terracottas
113 records
Twins
25 records
Votive figure
44 records
Weapons and ceremonial weapons
58 records
Zoomorphic figures
57 records
There are no entries matching this section.