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Kakoshi (reproduction)
Masongo/Mosengo
late 19th century

Commemorative figure of a chief playing a sanza (thumb piano)
Chokwe peoples
19th-20th century

Double Bell with Crest (Kunda)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Staff Finial: Chief Seated on Dog
Kongo peoples
19th–early 20th century

Staff: Head Finial
Songo
19th–20th century

Zanze
Angolan
late 19th century

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1900

Pendant: Virgin Mary
Kongo peoples
16th–17th century

Kisaanji
Chokwe
late 19th century

Garment (Nkutu)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Commemorative figure of a chief
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Commemorative female figure

Chokwe artist

Late 19th century

Pwo (female) mask
Chokwe artist
First quarter of 20th century

Seated tumba (memorial figure)
Kongo artist
Late 18th–early 19th century

Seated Male Figure
Kongo peoples, Kakongo group
mid to late 19th century

Necklace: Pendant
Chokwe peoples
16th–18th century

Figure: Female
Chokwe or Lwena (?)
19th–20th century

Mask
Master of Kasadi
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1932

Horn (Pungi)
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century

Staff Finial: Ngoyo Queen Giving Birth and Holding Child
Kongo people; Woyo group
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1930

Commemorative figure of a chief as Cibinda Ilunga
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Figure: Seated Female with Child
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th – early 20th century; inventoried 1916

Commemorative figure of a chief
Chokwe peoples
19th century

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1903

Figure: Saint Anthony (Toni Malau)
Kongo peoples
18th century

Divination Figure (Hamba)
Chokwe or Lwena (?)
19th–20th century

Power Figure: Kneeling Female with Serpents and Secondary Figures (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples; Vili group
19th century, inventoried 1885

Pwo mask
Chokwe peoples
19th–early 20th century

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
Kongo peoples; Yombe group
19th century, inventoried 1898

Ngundja (royal seat)
Chokwe artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Pipe: Male Figure
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Basket
Kongo peoples
19th century, inventoried 1897

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century

A chief of the Lunda
Early 20th century (postmarked February 15,1910)

Headdress: Bush Pig (Ngulu)
Chokwe peoples
20th century

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
16th–19th century

Alvaro III of Kongo to Philip III of Portugal Establishing Mutually Beneficial Relations Between the Two Countries and Explaining Kongo’s Deteriorating Relationship with the Province of Soyo
Kongo Kingdom
October 24,1615

Power Figure: Standing Female Figure with Child (Wife of Mabyaala?) (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples; Vili group
19th century, inventoried 1885

Commemorative female figure
Chokwe peoples
19th century