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Chronology

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Range: 1890 to 1950

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Dated records across the collection

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1890
Tabwa-Style Buffalo Mask

1900
Bamana Ci Wara-Style Antelope Headdress
Teke Power Figure (Buti/Biteki Type)
Tabwa-Style Face Mask
Buffalo-Form Slit Drum
Songye Kifwebe-Style Mask with Raffia and Feathers
Bembe Ibulu Iya-Style Janus Mask
Luba Lukasa Memory Board
Baule Female Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bla Style)
Songye Kifwebe-Style Mask with Fiber Beard
Banda or Kumbaruba-Style Headdress
Ituri-Region Style Face Mask
Lega Bwami-Style Standing Figure
Boa-Style Face Mask with Ring Ears
Ngbaka Dagara/Gaza-Style Initiation Mask
Lega Bwami Figure (Iginga-Style)
Lega-Style Ceremonial Spoon or Bwami Paddle
Songye Nkishi-Style Power Figure
Hemba- or Luba-Hemba-Style Standing Ancestor Figure
Songye- or Luba-Songye-Style Carved Figural Panel
Songye-Style Ritual Power Staff
Dogon-Style Standing Female Ancestor Figure
Hemba- or Luba-Style Standing Female Figure
Teke-Style Standing Figure with Openwork Torso
Kuba or Bushoong-Style Ceremonial Panel or Shield
Lega Bwami Female Figure (Iginga-Style)
Kuba or Bushoong-Style Carved Prestige Panel
Tabwa Musangwe-Style Helmet Mask
Horned Zoomorphic Mask
Chokwe Pwo or Mwana Pwo-Style Face Mask
Yaka- or Suku-Style Conical Initiation Helmet Mask
Boa-Style Plank Face Mask
Kwese- or Kete-Style Helmet Mask
Hemba-Style Standing Ancestor Figure
Boa Pongdudu-Style Face Mask
Boa-Style Standing Female Figure with Ring Ears
Dan- or We-Style Face Mask with Raffia Beard
Dogon-Style Vessel Support with Paired Figures
Suku Hemba-Type Helmet Mask
Yoruba Ceremonial Staff with Figural Finial
Yoruba Gelede-Style Helmet Mask with Superstructure
Chokwe Pwo or Mwana Pwo-Style Face Mask
Chokwe-Style Seated Female Figure
Dan Ceremonial Spoon or Feast Ladle (Wunkirmian/Wakemia Type)
Central African Face Mask with Ridged Coiffure
Small Central African Maskette
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette
Oval Face Mask with Red Eye Accents
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette with Raffia Beard
Lega-Style Face Mask
Chokwe Pwo or Mwana Pwo-Style Face Mask
Dan-We, Kran, or Grebo-Style Face Mask
Kete- or Kuba-Style Face Mask
West-Central African White-Face Mask
Fon- or Ewe-Fon-Style Power Figure (Bocio Type)
Chokwe Pwo or Mwana Pwo-Style Face Mask
Yaka- or Suku-Style Initiation Mask (Ndeemba/Kholuka Type)
Central African Face Mask with Incised Linear Markings
Kasai-Region Style Painted Face Mask
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette with Raffia Beard
Central African Ceremonial Staff or Implement
Luba-Style Figural Divination Rattle
Luba-Style Figural Divination Rattle
Central African Standing Figure
Central African Standing Female Figure
Gourd or Container with Figural Stopper
Central African Prestige Knife and Sheath
Composite Power Object or Amulet on Hide Backing
Luba-Style Figural Rattle with Female Figure
Dan-Style Face Mask with Cowrie and Fiber Attachments
Yaka- or Suku-Style Janus Power Figure
Luba- or Hemba-Style Figural Rattle with Gourd Resonator
Standing Power Figure with Bindings and Metal Inserts
Kongo- or Teke-Style Standing Power Figure with Wrapped Abdomen
West African Figural Slingshot
Seated Couple Figure
Kongo- or Teke-Style Power Figure with Abdominal Charge
Standing Figure with Abdominal Cavities
Seated Female Figure
Standing Female Figure with Open Mouth
Baule-Style Seated Female Figure with Beads
West African Oval Face Mask
Cowrie-Decorated Helmet Mask or Headdress
Standing Female Figure with Crescent Coiffure
Grebo- or Kru-Style Face Mask with Projecting Circular Eyes
Figural Staff or Handle with Openwork Body
Standing Female Figure with Elaborate Coiffure
Dan- or Mano-Style Long-Beaked Mask
Standing Female Figure with Encrusted Surface
Bamana Ci Wara-Style Antelope Headdress
Double Figural Slingshot
Guro- or Yaure-Style Face Mask with Crest
Kota-Style Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Ngulu Type)
Makonde-Style Ujamaa or Tree-of-Life Figural Sculpture
Composite Power Object with Metal Studs and Fiber
Geometric Mask or Figural Panel with Superstructure
Kota-Style Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Ngulu Type)
Kasai-Region Style Face Mask with Projecting Eyes
Luba-Style Caryatid Figure or Headrest Support
Mangbetu-Style Ceremonial Sickle Knife with Figural Handle
West African Figural Slingshot
West African Figural Slingshot with Female Figure
West African Figural Slingshot with Female Torso
West African Figural Slingshot with Female Figure
West African Figural Slingshot
West African Figural Slingshot
Grassfields-Style Button-Covered Masquerade Headdress
Mumuye-Style Standing Figure with Tall Crest
Central African Maternity Figure
Teke- or Kongo-Style Power Figure with Beads and Abdominal Cavity
Teke- or Kongo-Style Power Figure with Abdominal Charge
Painted Face Mask with Rectangular Eyes
Fang Ngil-Style White Face Mask
Pende-Style Oval Face Mask with Teeth
Kifwebe-Style Face Mask with Figural Crest
Lega-Style Small Mask or Maskette with Raffia Beard
Mumuye-Style Standing Figure
Baule-Style Standing Female Figure
Small Standing Figure with Abdominal Element
Painted Oval Face Mask
Chokwe-Style Pwo Face Mask with Fiber Coiffure
Lega-Style Dotted Face Mask
Lega-Style Small Face Mask with Raffia Fringe
Mangbetu-Style Trumbash Sickle Knife
Zoomorphic Carved Staff or Handle
Lega-Style Oval Face Mask
Dan-We or Kran-Style Horned Face Mask with Raffia
Face Mask with Studded Forehead
Luba- or Central African-Style Headrest or Carved Support
Curved Horn or Tusk-Form Implement with Figural Head
Lega-Style Lukwakongo Mask with Fiber Beard
Guro- or Yaure-Style Crested Mask
Seated Mother-and-Child Figure
Namji-Style Fertility Doll with Beaded Face
Decorated Calabash Vessel with Coiled Lid
Kifwebe-Style Face Mask
Namji-Style Fertility Doll with Bead Ornaments
Seated Colon Figure with Brimmed Hat
Baule-Style Standing Female Figure
Seated Female Figure with Abdominal Cavity
Standing Figure with Diagonal Sash or Wrapped Torso
Pair of Kuba-Style Figural Palm-Wine Cups
Fish-Form Carved Wooden Object
Chokwe-Style Mother-and-Child Figure
Dan-Style Face Mask with Fiber Coiffure
Pende-Style Mbuya Cap Mask
Figural Slingshot Handle with Twin Figures

1910
Luba-Style Lidded Ceremonial Container

1950
Songye Kifwebe-Style Mask
Tetela- or Central Congolese-Style Face Mask
Hemba- or Luba-Hemba-Style Male Ancestor Figure
Curved Horn or Implement with Anthropomorphic Head
Bembe Emangungu/Eluba-Style Initiation Mask
Songye-Style Horned Nkishi Power Figure
Bird-Form Figure with Long Beak
Kongo- or Yombe-Style Figural Relief Plaque
Kuba-Style Prestige Belt with Beads and Cowries
Luba- or Hemba-Style Figural Personal Ritual Object
Hemba-Style Kneeling Female Ancestor Figure
Bembe-Style Face Mask with Large White Eye Fields
Double-Headed Zoomorphic Figure
Songye Nkishi-Style Power Figure
Luba-Style Female Bust or Figural Finial
Luba-Style Figural Divination Rattle
Luba-Style Sculptural Head or Figure Fragment
Lega-Style Bearded Mask with Raffia
Luba-Style Anthropomorphic Headrest
Songye-Style Anthropomorphic Power Figure
Luba-Style Maternity Figure
Pende Mbuya-Style Face Mask
Lega-Style Bearded Face Mask
Luba-Style Face Mask
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Mask with Fiber Beard
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette
Lwalwa Mfondo-Style Face Mask
Lega Bwami-Style Figure with Raised Arms
Hemba-Style Standing Ancestor Figure (Singiti Type)
Lega Bwami-Style Anthropomorphic Figure
Songye-Style Beaded Face Mask
Bamana-Style Composite Power Figure or Adorned Figure
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Maskette
Lega Lukwakongo-Style Mask
Ngbandi-Style Face Mask
Chokwe Pwo or Mwana Pwo-Style Face Mask
Ngbaka or Ubangi-Region Face Mask