Sitting Woman
Female character with incipient breasts that by facial scarifications and necklaces and bracelets he wears on neck, arms and legs, as well…
TRRC-37
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Maternity
Maternity with the child sitting on the mother's lap. It gathers all the characteristics of magnbetu pottery.
MTR-19
Reliquary
Reliquary formed by the box, empty, intended to contain the relics relics, on which is a representation of an ancestor, whose cheeks…
RLC-31
Sacrificer
Elegant and artistic figure of sacrificing in charge of making sacrifices destined to the cult of the ancestors and to the different…
EMS-52
Maternity
The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa.
MTR-21
Fetish
Yaka anthropomorphic statues have apotropaic virtues, protecting their owners by turning evil away from them.
FET-42
Twin Mask
Impressive mask meant to honor gemality.
GML-26
Anthropomorphic pipe
The pipe is a prestigious object, essentially masculine, that indicates the rank of its owner.
PIP-4
Maternity
beautiful motherhood in dark clay.
MTR-22
Mmascara Mwaash A-Booy
The mask Mwaash A-Mbooy or Moshambwooy, represents sister and wife of Woot, ancestor from whom the great family comes KubaThey were called.
MFANT-138
Ritual Mask Pende
Curious mask hangs very realistic and different from those usually used by Pende.
MFANT-141
Statue Kitebi O Bimbi
Nzambi is the creator god of the BembeDispenser of life and death.
EMS-58
Ancestor Figure
Teke male statuettes bear a beard, as it is a symbol of authority and power, so the soothsayer masks and the soothsayers…
EMS-59
Yelmo Alunga
Belongs to society Alunga and participates in his ceremonies, mainly in the pre-hunting ceremonies and in the cult of the ancestors.
MCYC-29
Kifwebe mask
The Luba mask is very similar to the Kifwebé female mask of the Songyé, but more rounded, although the male mask also…
MFANT-142
Nkissi
The Nkissi statues of the Kongolike all Nkissi, they are protective figures that acquire their strength and power after being loaded by…
MYA-12
Nkissi
The Nkissi statues of the Kongolike all Nkissi, they are protective figures that acquire their strength and power after being loaded by…
MYA-21
Nikissi
The statues Nkissi of the Kongolike all the Nkissi, are protective figures that acquire their strength and power after being charged by…
FET-46
Nkissi
The statues Nkissi of the Kongolike all the Nkissi, are protective figures that acquire their strength and power after being charged by…
FET-47
Ikhoko
The Ikhoko are small amulets of the Pende, carved in ivory, to be carried as a medallion, neck-slope or concealed between the…
MRF-17
Man Loading With Woman
The Hemba are implanted on the right bank of the Lualba River where they arrived, probably from the territory of today's Tanzania,…
PAR-2
Maternity
Curious and ancient motherhood that breaks the common pattern of the songyé figures.
MTR-27
Domestic Mortuary Deck
Small mortar mallet intended to grind small amounts of cereal for domestic use.
VAR-4
Mask of Guerrero
It is characterized by a large and flat forehead, thick triangular nose and rectangular, white mouth, ajar showing the two rows of…
MFANT-147
