6 UMMA Objects
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Cylindrical vessel with interlocking linear pattern carved on the interior of the lip. The body of the vessel is carved with interlocking chevrons and a fiber rope is wrapped around its neck. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Bowl
1885 – 1895
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.161
Wooden, approximately oval-shaped bowl with inset brass eyes on one end, making it look like an animal. 
Northeastern Woodlands
Feast Bowl
1850 – 1875
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.57
A knife with foliate-shaped blade ending in a fan-shaped tip. The blade is decorated with three columns of small raised bars intersected by two rows of small raised bars. The wooden handle is decorated with brass tacks on both ends and wrapped with wire, possibly copper, around the middle.
Knife
1895 – 1905
Gift in Memory of Rudolph B. Rottam
1984/2.54A
This Hemba <em>adze</em>, or chief’s ceremonial ax, is decorated with an elegantly carved female head upon the end of its smooth handle while an iron blade has been lodged into its oval base. This <em>adze</em> exhibits the characteristic hallmarks of a Southern Hemba style, which in turn was strongly influenced by the neighboring Luba. The head bears an elongated, oviod-shaped face, a wide convex forehead, coffeebean-shaped eyes within ocular recesses, a triangular nose, and full lips. An elaborate pulled-back hairstyle in the form of a chignon (<em>kibanda</em>), features a cruciform motif. Four brass tacks that have been inserted into the extreme top, bottom, left and right points of the face echo this crucifix shape.
Hemba (Hemba (culture or style))
Prestige Adze
1875 – 1885
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.225

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo culture))
Scabbard (of set of knife and scabbard)
1895 – 1905
Gift in Memory of Rudolph B. Rottam
1984/2.54B

Baulé (Baule (culture))
Comb
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.331
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