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This wooden mortar is decorated by finely carved geometric patterns and features two anthropomorphic heads bearing recognizable Chokwe characteristics including coffeebean-shaped eyes enclosed in large ocular cavities. The lower head, the face of an idealized female (<em>mwana pwo</em>), forms the body of the mortar. The upper head, turned at a 90 degree angle from the lower head, is wearing a headdress which extends behind his face. Resting on top of the upper head is the bowl of the mortar.
Chokwe (Chokwe (culture or style))
Mortar
1865 – 1875
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.205
A human figure is dressed in an elaborate robe featuring a crane in the center and multiple &quot;double happiness&quot; characters. He is holding a small animal sculpture with a cloud above it and he is facing left. There is a child on his right, and the child is holding up a light with tassel decorations which features Chinese characters. The background is green with white cloud patterns.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Heavenly Offical Confers Wealth and Promotion(rank) (Pair with 1989/2.153)
20th century
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle B. Hanna
1989/2.154
This wood-carved fly-whisk bears a standing female figure whose narrow, cylindrical, and elongated torso doubles as its handle. Geometric and diamond shaped scarification patterns of leaden inlay, worn smooth due to extended use, decorate the head and body while her right arm extends to reach the top of her head; the left arm is missing. A patterned, red cotton wrap marks the transition zone between the figure's torso and the buffalo hair below. In effect, the buffalo hair visually acts as a grass skirt completing the above figure's body and dress.  
Dondo (Dondo)
Fly whisk
1795 – 1805
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.176
This richly detailed, carved wooden cup has been sculpted into the form of a human head. The head&rsquo;s bell-shaped coiffure and facial details are typical of Kuba masks and figurines. The face features almond-shaped eyes, a protruding mouth and nose, disproportionately small ears, and eyebrows and temples that have been engilded with tiny copper staples. The neck and the coiffure bear elaborate diamond-shaped and diagonal-lined patterns which have been further embellished by cowrie shells, embedded in resin.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Cup
1885 – 1895
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.207
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