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Tabwa (Tabwa)
Thumb Piano/Plucked Idiophone (Kankobele)
1900 – 1984
Gift of Al and Margaret Coudron
1984/2.50
This wooden chair has a square, leather covered seat and four legs. The back of the chair also has a leather covering. Much of the chair is decorated with metal tacks.
Asante (Asante)
Chair
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.310

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Smoking pipe (set of 3)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.568.2

Baga
Staff
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.4

Hemba (Hemba (culture or style))
Staff
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.27

Ovimbundu (Ovimbundu)
Staff
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.61

Hemba (Hemba (culture or style))
Staff
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.70
Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
Luba (Luba (culture or style))
Staff
1900 – 1940
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.76
Black lacquered case with two double-hinged doors that curve around the side and meet in the center. In the case are three small metal figures, two standing in the front and one seated in the back. 
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Portable Shrine with Amitabha Buddha and Two Bodhisattva Attendants
1603 – 1868
Gift of Susan Yecies
2017/2.107

Tabwa (Tabwa)
M'irimba with single head
1915 – 1925
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1984/2.81

Senufo (Senufo (culture or style))
Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine
1800 – 1971
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
1975/1.68
A naturalistic rendering of a ram, with striations incised into the top of the head and down the first third of the horns which sweep forward in a natural curve toward the nose. Eyes inlaid with green glass, and muzzle is overlaid with strip of metal. Jaw articulates, tied with cord. Cloth ears are attached and dangle on either side of head. Wood is unpainted.<br />
Bamana (Bamana)
Ram Rod Puppet Head (Bakòrò, Sogokun)
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.22
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