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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Power Figure (Nkishi)

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, cloth, and duiker horn

    Accession Number: 
    2017.153.55
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Figure

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, hide, glass beads, metal, animal teeth, and animal hair

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.202
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask (Kifwebe)

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Erythrina wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1964.76.14
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure

    Date: 
    20th century, before 1954
    Medium: 

    Wood from the Rubiaceae tree family, snakeskin, leather, and metal

    Accession Number: 
    1954.28.23
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Figure

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Guarea wood

    Accession Number: 
    1954.28.24
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure

    Date: 
    19th–20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    1984.123.7
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Figure

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1974.128
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Unconsecrated Power Figure (Nkishi)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.51
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Divination Kit (Mboko / Kilemba)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Gourd, wood, brass, iron, shell, bone, bird skulls, seeds, eggs, claws, teeth, feathers, leather, and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.15
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Other
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Figure (Nkishi)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, antelope horn, cowrie shell, oil, and pitch

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.18
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view

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