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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Adze Handle in the Shape of a Woman

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.14
    Culture: 
    Wongo or Lele
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Fly Whisk with a Human Mask Model

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

    Wood, horse tail hair, brass, and leather

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.130
    Culture: 
    Kom
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff with a Power Figure

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

    Wood, brass, copper, glass beads, shells, seed pods, cotton, animal claws, horn, feathers, fiber, and coin

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.145
    Culture: 
    Suku
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff Surmounted by a Human Torso

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

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.214
    Culture: 
    Zande
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff of Office

    Date: 
    probably 1930–1950
    Medium: 

    Wood, copper, and aluminum

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.171
    Culture: 
    Luba
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Counselor’s Staff Finial

    Artist: Osei Bonsu, Ghanaian, 1900–1977
    Date: 
    ca. 1950
    Medium: 

    Wood and gold leaf

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.175
    Culture: 
    Asante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Weaving Loom Pulley Surmounted by a Male Masked Figure

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

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.180
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Chief’s Sceptre

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

    Wood, glass beads, fiber, and brass tacks

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.62
    Culture: 
    Chokwe, Moxico school
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Divination Tapper (Iro Ifa)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Ivory

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.76
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Fly Whisk Handle with a Seated Male Figure

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

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.238
    Culture: 
    Kongo
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view

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