Facial mask Muyombo
Male figure with slight occipital deformation, buffed front.
MFANT-128
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Reclineheads
Small and old reclineheads intended, probably given their small size, to be used in displacements.
TAB-3
Pilon
Small pylon for household use intended to stack small amounts of cereal.
VAR-1
Female Commemorative Figure
Little commemorative figure. These figures that embody the soul of an ancestor are the object of family cults.
EFM-46
Pipe
When the bowls are decorated they reproduce in symbolic language the fundamental concepts of the tribe.
PIP-1
Pipe
Pipe made of light wood, like most mangbetu objects.
PIP-2
Slave Bracelet
Bracelet intended to be worn by women on the ankle, in the manner of the former slaves, although in this case in…
PYB-1
Kakinga Ya Bubake Figurine
Fourfold figure from the Shabunda area.
MRF-14
Pipe
Little pipe in whose bowl is engraved a small Ikhiko, representing a Mbuya mask, which suggests that this pipe belonged to some…
MRF-16
Cup holder
The bearers of a cup or a “loose woman’s statues” usually correspond to the well-known style of Buli, the master craftsman who…
EFM-49
Mintadi
The Mintadi or Bitumba, in singular Ntadi, are small stone statues, usually steatite or soapstone, carved by the Mboma living on the…
PDR-1
Defense Sword
Sword of defense with handle in the form of elongated diabolus, in wood covered with copper grudo thread.
ARM-36
Royal mask Bwoom
Mask considered real for representing the king's brother who apparently went mad with remorse for killing his nephew.
MYL-12
Kipoko O Giphogo mask
Although the appearance of this mask is that of a face mask it is actually a helmet mask like all Kipoko masks.
MYL-13
Ashtray
Mid-century ashtray XX destined without a doubt to the colonial population.
VAR-2
Oraculo
A container originally intended to contain palm oil, as shown by its patinous crustosa greasy.
OYA-3
Totshi King Figurine
They are known as legless statues, being represented with an artistically scarified torso that reaches practically to the ground.
EMS-116
Androgine Figure
The male genitals and incipient breasts show that this is the case with an androgynous-looking female statue.
TRRC-15
Jar
Artistic clay jar cooked with dark brown pigmentation profusely decorated.
TRRC-16
Maternity
Maternity sitting on a stool with the child on the lap.
MTR-17
Sitting Male Character
Male character sitting on a stool. She is part of a maternity couple.
PRJ-6
Sitting Male Character
Male character sitting in an offering attitude, with a glass of offerings between his hands.
TRRC-34
Anthropomorphic pitcher
Anthropomorphic pitcher depicting a mother with her son riding on top, judging by the typical female and male hairstyles respectively.
TRRC-35
Anthropomorphic pitcher
Anthropomorphic pitcher that, judging by the hairstyle, represents a woman, with her arms and legs folded.
TRRC-36
