Cultures and traditions

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The names and relationships come from the original catalogue. Each entry opens the associated pieces and, when it exists, the historical documentation of the collection.

Attributions are preserved as documentary information; they do not constitute certification of origin.

Attributed cultures.

183 entries with objects

Abron

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

Countries and regions.

30 entries with objects

Object types and sections.

85 entries with objects

Aerophones

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