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    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: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    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: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Community Power Figure (Nkishi)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, leather, brass, feathers, animal fur, lizard skin, animal claws, glass beads, cotton cloth, fiber, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.148
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure

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

    Wood and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.158
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    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: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure

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

    Wood, brass, and fragment of animal horn

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.191
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Miniature Mask

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, monkey fur, iron, animal tooth, pangolin scale, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.252
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Caryatid Stool

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

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.292
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Furniture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask (Kifebwe)

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.378
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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