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This standing female <em>nkisi mihasi</em>, or “benevolent” power figure, exhibits many of the typical traits associated with the Luba of the Upemba Basin, and more specifically, with the Kisale center of production. These features include a disproportionately elongated torso, terraced coiffure, diamond-shaped scarification patterns covering the abdomen and back, and, a crescent moon symbol on the pubis. In addition, this figure possesses a round head with almond-shaped eyes, an open mouth, flat and level shoulders, protruding breasts and bellybutton, and horizontal lines across its upper thighs. Multiple strands of white, dark blue, and light blue beads adorn the figure’s neck, upper chest, wrist, hips, and ankle. A cotton loincloth has been wrapped around the figure’s hips.
Luba (Luba (culture or style))
Power Figure
1885 – 1895
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.212
This carved, wooden staff features an anthropomorphic, janiform finial, a smooth midsection, and a spiked base. The two opposing figures are a pair of pregnant women, both of whom have their hands placed upon their protruding bellies. Their facial features share a close resemblance to one another: they have small eyes set in almond-shaped ocular cavities, finely-detailed coiffures, and vertical lines running down their cheeks.  
Nsapo (Nsapo)
Staff
1900 – 1950
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.21
This is a wooden stool with a circular base and a flat, circular seat. The seat is supported by an openwork design consisting of a circle with eight lines projecting outward. This motif is repeated six times around the stool. 
Cameroon (Cameroonian)
Stool
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.313
Cloth bag covered with multi-colored beadwork. The front is split into four asymetric panels; the far left has what may be a bow and arrow surmounted by a chameleon on a blue background; the next panel has a round face with triangle and checkerboard patterns; the next panel has a pattern of horizontal zig-zags; the far right panel has blue and white checkerboard pattern, except for one area that has a pink and orange checkerboard design. The inside also has a cloth lining, which may be <em>adire</em> or <em>aso oke</em> cloth. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Diviner's Bag
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.339
This curved wooden Pende staff features a finial depicting a human head bearing simple facial features and a cap-like coiffure composed of vertical lines. The staff’s handle is in the shape of a narrow loop that connects the front of the figure’s head to the back of its head. A slender serpent carved with a snake-skin pattern slithers upwards from the lower end of the staff.
Pende (Pende)
Staff
1900 – 19750
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.67
This print depicts a series of elements in a watery landscape. There are two tree-powerlines coming from the bottom left and right that have red fruits hanging from them. Below, there are large yellow shapes, outlined in green, with figures drawn in red. At the bottom, in the center, there is a collaged image that is abstract. There is a horizon line at the center of the print with a distance mountain range at the left. Above, there are a series of flora and fauna, red and yellow flowers and leaves and a collage and painted dragonfly. The background looks like a structure, designed in green lines, with another landscape behind it. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil.
Salvador Dali (Spanish (culture or style))
Jardin Biologique
1975
Anonymous Gift
1981/2.110.7
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