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Mbuun people, Village of Bakala, African

Mid 20th century

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Pair of twin figures, one male and one female, of carved wood, each with an elaborate coiffure bathed in blue pigments, with scarification on the face, wearing traditional ornaments, the female figure additionally with a necklace of red beads and a waistlet of blue beads.
Vertical iron pole with six iron currency objects attached at top; three objects are iron hoe-blade currencies, and three are possibly rattles, hoe-shaped but open in center and with an enclosed portion that could have held percussive elements Function: Currency staffs constitute a display of wealth; if it is Fulani, it would have been owned by settled Fulani rather than nomadic herders.
Staff finial with Kneeling Figure, Hemba people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood, pigment and metal tacks
Solid cast-bronze of Osiris with base, standing mummiform figure, hands grasping hook and flail, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked with feathers.