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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 pipe with a thin, wooden stem and a cast brass bowl. The pipe bowl is decorated with various geometric designs and has a small conical base. 
Pipe
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.28
A cast brass pipe bowl with a leaf design around the stem end and a design of horizontal grooves around the bottom, near the small round base. 
Pipe Bowl
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.30
Small brass container with a round body and a short, narrow neck. The wooden stopper is attached to the container by a string of brass beads. The body of the container is decorated with a design of incised concentric circles. 
Container
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.32
Brass horn with a string of brass and red beads attached to a cork stopper. The top edge and bottom edge of the horn are decorated with incised braided patterns. 
Powder Horn
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.90
Gold-weight in the shape of an undulating line with incised knobs at both ends and across the middle. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Gold-weight
1900 – 1985
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milford Golden
1986/2.133
Gold-weight in the shape of an undulating line with incised knobs at both ends and an incised rectangle across the middle. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Gold-weight
1900 – 1985
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.459
Brass horn with a pointed tip and a cork stopper decorated with four strands of brass and multi-colored beads. 
Powder Horn
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.91
The pipe consists of a long, curved stem, a bone mouthpiece, and a bowl delicately sculpted in the form of a male head. Rectangular ears protrude sideways, while a curved chin and inverted T-shaped nose jut forward. Geometric designs characteristic of Kuba carving adorn the face, neck, and coiffure. A number of brass tacks stud the pipe, and fine copper wire has been carefully wound around the stem. Camwood powder, highly prized throughout Central Africa, has been added to its surface.<br /><br /> Reference:<br /> Maurer, Evan M. and Niangi Batulukisi.  <em>Spirits Embodied:  Art of the Congo, Selections from the Helmut F. Stern Collection</em>.  Minneapolis:  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Pipe
1895 – 1905
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.208A&B
A pipe with a wooden stem attached to a cast brass pipe bowl. The bowl is plain except for a pattern of grooves near the small conical base. 
Pipe
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.29
A cast brass pipe with a small bowl. There is no decoration on the pipe. 
Pipe
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.31
A brass container with a round body and a short neck. The stopper is connected to the bottle by a string, to which a small metal scoop is attached. The body of the container is decorated with a grid-like pattern and an undulating line around the top and bottom edge. The top edge of the neck has a rope or braid-like pattern. 
Container
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.33
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