African, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom
description: Head of an Oba, 1900-1950 Copper alloy 13 1/4 h. x 12" dia.
description: Copper alloy head of an Oba, or King of Benin, wearing a cross-hatched cap and layered strings of coral beads along the neck with a wide-eyed expression, round cheeks, horizontal nose, and rendered lips. Research reveals that members of the Benin Guild of bronzecasters who formerly worked only for Benin Kings began to produce bronze heads for other audiences after the 1897 invasion. Since these were descendants of the same guild that produced the Benin bronzes in the 1897 loot, their products cannot be easily classfied as "inauthentic."
creator: African, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom
source: Gift of Michael Wasserman
date: 1900-50

AFRICAN, Sierra Leone, Mende people
description: Moon shaped seat
description: Carved wood
description: 20 x 2 x 18 1/4" OVERALL
description: Crescent moon-shaped seat supported by a single wood pole, carved in a spiral design. The seat's tapered ends are small rounded knobs carved at each end.
creator: AFRICAN, Sierra Leone, Mende people
source: Gift of Harold and Nancy Carr
date: n.d.

AFRICAN, Liberia, Dan people
description: Mancala game board
description: Carved wood
description: 5 1/2 x 30 x 6 1/2" OVERALL
description: Carved wood Mancala game board in an aminal form with head and tail-like shapes segregated by a table-like structure with 12 cups; four carved tapering legs extending from each corner. Played with small stones, beans or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, Mancala games are a family of two-player strategy board games or other playing surface. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.
creator: AFRICAN, Liberia, Dan people
source: Gift of Harold and Nancy Carr
date: n.d.

Cote D'Ivoire, Grebo people
description: Mask with metal adornment
description: n.d.
description: Wood and metal
description: 40 x 22 x 21"
description: Wood and metal mask with large bell-shaped metal attachments along longer jaw; wide open moutn with slit eyes.
creator: Cote D'Ivoire, Grebo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sudan, Bongo
description: Female funeral marker
description: n.d.
description: Wood and paint
description: 47 1/2 X 9 3/4 X 9 7/8" OVERALL
description: Female wood funeral marker.
creator: Sudan, Bongo
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sudan, Bongo
description: Funeral marker
description: n.d.
description: Stone
description: 38 X 7 1/2 X 8" OVERALL
description: Wood funeral marker with rounded face and non-descript lower figure.
creator: Sudan, Bongo
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sudan, Belanda
description: Ngy marker with female figure
description: n.d.
description: Stone
description: 33 X 8 X 9" WITH BASE
description: Stone figure of a Ngy female marker mounted on black base; facial features have worn and appear non-descript.
creator: Sudan, Belanda
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

MTEKI, Richard
description: Shone man with modern abstract faces
description: 20th C.
description: Sopastone
description: 18 x 10 x 8" OVERALL
description: Polished and soapstone of sculpted and modernized face.
creator: MTEKI, Richard
creator: b. Zimbabwe, 1947
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 20th C.

MTEKI, Richard
description: Shone man with modern abstract face
description: 20th C.
description: Soapstone
description: 16 x 10 x 9 1/2" OVERALL
description: Carved and polished soapstone sculpture of an abstracted face.
creator: MTEKI, Richard
creator: b. Zimbabwe, 1947
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 20th C.

Democratic Republic of Congo, Yombe
description: Nkisi Nkondi (Power Figures)
description: n.d.
description: Wood and metal
description: 34 h. x 11" dia. OVERALL
description: Wood and nail metal Nkodi nail fetish
creator: Democratic Republic of Congo, Yombe
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye people
description: Male power figure: Nkisi
description: n.d.
description: Wood, horn, fiber, beads and metal
description: 49 h. x 10" OVERALL
description: Nikisi wood male power figure with horn
creator: Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cameroon, Bamun people
description: Royal woman sculpture with woman holding twins
description: n.d.
description: Bronze
description: 18 h. x 13 1/2" dia. OVERALL
description: Bronze sculpture of woman holding twins at sides.
creator: Cameroon, Bamun people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mozambique, Makonde people
description: Moping female figure sitting on a stool
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 25 h. x 6 1/2" OVERALL
description: Carved wood seated female figure with dark markings throughout her face and in between her breasts; female appears with human hair.
creator: Mozambique, Makonde people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Kenya, Giriama people
description: Ceremonial post: Kigango
description: n.d.
description: Carved wood with paint
description: 60 x 10 x 10" WITH BASE
description: Carved wood ceremonial post with geometic forms and slight traces of paint.
creator: Kenya, Giriama people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Kenya, Giriama people
description: Ceremonial post: Kigango
description: n.d.
description: Carved wood with paint
description: 75 X 10 X 10" WITH BASE
description: Carved wood Kigango ceremonial post with carved geometic forms and slight traces of blue paint.
creator: Kenya, Giriama people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sierra Leone, Mende people
description: Female initiation sculpture
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 23 x 7 1/8 x 5 1/8" OVERALL
description: Wood female initiation sculpture mounted on stone base with hands pointed downward and ringed neck.
creator: Sierra Leone, Mende people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sierra Leone, Mende people
description: Sowei mask
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 32 h. x 8 1/2" dia. OVERALL
description: Wood Sowei mask with feline animal features.
creator: Sierra Leone, Mende people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Sierra Leone, Mende people
description: Sowei mask with raffia
description: n.d.
description: Wood with raffia
description: 37 h. x 12" dia. OVERALL
description: Sowei mask with raffia skirt which extends from base.
creator: Sierra Leone, Mende people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
description: Palace plaque
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 18 X 15 X 2 1/2" OVERALL
description: Brass palace plaque identified as coming from the Benin Kingdom; plaque includes four soldiers with helmets and shields.
creator: Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
description: Palace plaque
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 18 x 15 x 2 1/2" OVERALL
description: Brass palace plaque identified as coming from the Benin Kingdom; plaque includes three soldiers wearing helmets and holding up sword-like weapons.
creator: Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
description: Palace plaque
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 18 x 15 x 2 1/2" OVERALL
description: Brass palace plaque identified as coming from the Benin Kingdom; plaque includes three soldiers with helmets with centralized figure holding a pitch-fork like weapon.
creator: Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
description: Oba spiritual figure
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 28 14 x 11" OVERALL
description: Brass Oba spiritual figure; two piece sculpture embellisehed with faces and limbs positioned at various locations throughout.
creator: Nigeria, Benin Kigndom
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Oba cape with figures
description: n.d.
description: Beads and cloth
description: 44 x 26 x 2 1/4" OVERALL
description: Beaded Oba cape which fits loosely over shoulders and falls below the waist. Both front and back are embellisHed with colored beads forming a pattern of figures. Cape is paired with 2020.003.053.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Oba crown
description: n.d.
description: Beads and cloth
description: 36 h. x 16" dia. OVERALL
description: Beaded textile Oba crown with three dimensional beaded figures throughout; long strings of beads descend from the lower edge of crown. Crown goes with robe, 2020.003.054.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Female figure with child
description: n.d.
description: Wood with paint
description: 32 x 7 x 7" WITH BASE
description: Painted wood female figure breast feeding. Female is adorned with conical headdress extending from foreward to figure's back.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: House post with male figure on horseback and seated female figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood and paint
description: 73 5/8 x 14 x 14" WITH BASE
description: Highly stylized house post with male figure on horseback and seated female figure.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Epa mask of female figure with Ibeji twins
description: n.d.
description: Wood with paint
description: 45" h. x 21" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood Epa mask of female figure flanked with Ibeji twins. The multicolored mask includes a base with cut out facial features allowing access when worn as a mask.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Metal sculpture
description: n.d.
description: Metal
description: 36 X 8 X 1/4" OVERALL
description: Carved metal sculpture extending into a snake form with a small human-like figure at base.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Standing male figure
description: late 19th C.
description: Wood, carved
description: 39 1/2 x 8 x 6" OVERALL
description: Carved wood figure of a standing male figure with elongated facial features.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: late 19th C.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Standing figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 58 h. x 11" dia. WITH BASE
description: Standing wood figure with extended belly button. Figure is wearing what appears a dark mask covering top portion of their face; palms are turned up.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Female figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 58 x 11 14 x 14" WITH BASE
description: Wood female figure mounted on black base. Carved figure has slightly bent arms and wears a mask with a pointed headdress etched with a vertical pattern.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Male figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 50 X 12 X 10" WITH PLATFORM
description: Carved male figure standing mounted on black platform; figure is looking forward, arms bent at elbows; white residue appears on figure.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Nigeria, Yoruba people
description: Female figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 61 X 16 X 16" WITH BASE
description: Standing female figure mounted on stepped black base; carved wood figure has elongated face with pointed head and extended belly button.
creator: Nigeria, Yoruba people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Fulani people
description: Blanket
description: n.d.
description: Wool, carved
description: 250 x 125" OVERALL
description: Vintage wool blanket woven in geometric patterns of browns, black and cream; fringe attached at ends.
creator: Mali, Fulani people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Fulani people
description: Sword with straw shilled case
description: n.d.
description: Metal and straw
description: 34 x 5 x 6" WITH BASE
description: Metal sword with shilled case in black leather and fringe.
creator: Mali, Fulani people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Fulani peple
description: Sword with straw case
description: n.d.
description: Metal, straw and leather
description: 31 x 6 x 5" WITH BASE
description: Metal sword (a) in sheath (b) which has been woven into vertically placed stripes of white and black. Leather fringe hangs from sheath.
creator: Mali, Fulani peple
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Fulani peple
description: Sword with straw shilled case
description: n.d.
description: Metal and straw
description: 31 x 6 x 5" WITH BASE
description: Brass sword housed in a leather case with triangular pattern of black and white.
creator: Mali, Fulani peple
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Dogon
description: Masquerade mask with raffia and shells
description: n.d.
description: Rope, raffia and cowrie shells
description: 21 x 6 1/2 x 8" ON STAND
description: Purplish masquerade mask with raffia and shells; mask is woven in different styles with decorative circles indicating mouth and eyes.
creator: Mali, Dogon
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Dogon
description: Masquerade mask with raffia and shells
description: n.d.
description: Rope, raffia, shells and beads
description: 24 h. x 11" dia. OVERALL
description: Masquerade mask with raffia and shells; top of head is adorned with curvilinear crown embellished with blue and yellow beads.
creator: Mali, Dogon
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Mali, Bamana people
description: Mazi maternity figure with body scarification
description: 19th c.
description: Wood, carved
description: 42 h. x 9" dia. OVERALL
description: Wood Mazi maternity figure seated on a stool breast feeding an infant clenched between her knees.
creator: Mali, Bamana people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 19th c.

Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
description: Painted wood helmet mask with horns
description: n.d.
description: Wood, paint, horn and rope
description: 17 x 23 x 17" OVERALL
description: Helmet mask with horns at left and right; triangular black form extends from forehead thru to snout of animal figure.
creator: Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
description: Painted wood helmet mask with horns
description: n.d.
description: Wood, paint and horn
description: 16 1/18 x 24 x 17" OVERALL
description: Helmet mask with horns at left and right; triangular white form extends from forehead thru snout of animal figure.
creator: Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Guinea, Baga people
description: Female figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 34 h. x 10" dia. WITH BASE
description: Carved wood female torso mounted on top of a vertical stand; female is clutching her breasts and is wearing a crown.
creator: Guinea, Baga people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
description: Painted wood bull helmet mask with horns
description: n.d.
description: Wood, horn, rope, paint
description: 18 h. x 20 1/2" dia. OVERALL
description: Painted wood bull helmet mask with horns extending from left and right of face. Black triangle positioned between eyes.
creator: Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo people
date: n.d.

Guinea, Baga people
description: Timba drum with and two female figures and horse
description: n.d.
description: Wood, paint and animal hide
description: 51 h. x 18" dia. OVERALL
description: Timba drum mounted on a female figure with horse; multicolored in reds and greens; drum is stretched with animal hide.
creator: Guinea, Baga people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Guinea, Baga people
description: Nimba ceremonial drum
description: n.d.
description: Wood, paint, animal hide, fabric and rope
description: 36 1/2 h. x 15" dia. OVERALL
description: Nimba ceremonial drum positioned atop a female who is kneeling and painted red.
creator: Guinea, Baga people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Guinea, Baga people
description: Male figure: Baga man
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 35 h. x 10" dia. WITH BASE
description: Male figure with artiuclated face and beak-like nose identified as a Baga which are a West African ethnic group who live in the southern swampy lands of Guinea Atlantic coastline. Typically rural and known for their agricultural successes, particularly with rice farming, the Baga people speak a language of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family. They are also known for their historic animist pieces of artwork. Known for their beauty and sophistication, these figures have been displayed and held at many major museums of the world. After independence, a totalitarian Marxist government took over Guinea in 1958. Its program of "demystification" lasted till 1984, destroying the traditional beliefs and ritual arts of the Baga people.
creator: Guinea, Baga people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Ghana, Ashanti people
description: Figure of Esi Mansa mother and child
description: n.d.
description: Ceramic
description: 25 x 19 x 13" OVERALL
description: Ceramic figure of an Esi Mansa mother breast feeding an infant These maternity figures, are placed in cult shrines and are thought to enhance the fertility of women, give support during birth and ensure welfare and sufficient nourishment.
creator: Ghana, Ashanti people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
description: Standing male figure: Poro Rhythm Pounder
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 60 h. x 8" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood male Pombia 'rhythm-pounder' figure is used to commemorate recently deceased Poro elders during funerals, and to ensure their safe passage into the land of ancestors. This figure presents with elongated features and stands on a circular base reflecting self-control and containment, ideal behaviors and attributes of inner beauty rather than physical appearance. Paired female and male rhythm pounders were principally used during funerals. As the corpse was carried to the burial ground, elders would pound on the ground with the figures, ritually purifying the pathway for the deceased and calling ancestral spirits. Paired figures are emblems of marriage but may represent twins or primordial founding ancestors. Rhythm pounders are owned by a small subgroup of artisans, the Celibele, who make a living as rope makers and tanners.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
description: Standing female figure: Poro Rhythm Pounder
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 60 h. x 10" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood female Pombia 'rhythm-pounder' figure is used to commemorate recently deceased Poro elders during funerals, and to ensure their safe passage into the land of ancestors. This figure presents with elongated features and stands on a circular base reflecting self-control and containment, ideal behaviors and attributes of inner beauty rather than physical appearance. Paired female and male rhythm pounders were principally used during funerals. As the corpse was carried to the burial ground, elders would pound on the ground with the figures, ritually purifying the pathway for the deceased and calling ancestral spirits. Paired figures are emblems of marriage but may represent twins or primordial founding ancestors. Rhythm pounders are owned by a small subgroup of artisans, the Celibele, who make a living as rope makers and tanners.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
description: Female figure: Poro Rhythm Pounder
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 39 1/2 h. x 5" dia. OVERALL
description: Elongated carved wood female figure reflecting self-control and containment, ideal behaviors and attributes of inner beauty rather than physical appearance. Paired female and male rhythm pounders were principally used during funerals. As the corpse was carried to the burial ground, elders would pound on the ground with the figures, ritually purifying the pathway for the deceased and calling ancestral spirits. Paired figures are emblems of marriage but may represent twins or primordial founding ancestors. Rhythm pounders are owned by a small subgroup of artisans, the Celibele, who make a living as rope makers and tanners.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Female figure with elaborate headdress
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 26 x 7 x 6" OVERALL
description: Female figure standing and mounted on a clear plastic base. Female is highly polished wood wearing an elaborate headdress and ringed neck extending its height.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Female figure
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 31 h. x 8" dia. WITH BASE
description: Carved wood standing female figure on bent knees.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fime and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Liberia, Kulango people
description: Primordial couple: male
description: n.d.
description: Bronze
description: 6 3/4 h. x 3 3/8 dia. WITH BASE
description: Bronze statue of a primordial male; figure appears to be seated with a triangular face; block -like legs and arms.
creator: Liberia, Kulango people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Liberia, Kulango people
description: Primordial couple: female
description: n.d.
description: Bronze
description: 6 1/4 h. x 3 1/2" dia. WITH BASE
description: Bronze statue of a primordial female; figure appears to be seated with a triangular face; block -like legs and arms.
creator: Liberia, Kulango people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Standing wood male figure with beard
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 39 h. x 8" dia. OVERALL
description: Standing wood figure with bent knees and beard.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Border Patrol
description: 20th C.
description: Painted wood, carved
description: 63 x 1 1/2 x 15" WITH BASE
description: Standing male figure identified as Border Patrol mounted on a black base. Male is wearing a red cap and red pants with yellow shirt with green accents.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 20th C.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Statue of a spoon
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 18 h. x 3" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood spoon with face like image at end of handle.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mouse oracle
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 60 x 20 x 23 1/2" OVERALL
description: Carved wood "mouse oracle" with a single seated figure positioned on lid. Inside this receptacle, a device composed of sticks records the movements of mice as signs that reveal insights into matters of importance. Mouse divination is probably of Guro origin and is one of several divination techniques used in Baule society; it is practiced in eastern and central Ce d'Ivoire by Agni-speaking peoples, which include the Guro and Yaure. Regional oral traditions recount that in the distant past mice could speak. At that time they lived in the forest with the earth spirits (asye usu) until a spiritual specialist carried them into the village to be kept in captivity. Their natural proximity to the earth's surface and their ability to burrow beneath it permit mice to gain intimate access to the omniscient asye usu and the ancestors, thus enabling them to foretell events.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Ancestral couple: male figure with facial and body scarification
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 38 h. x 8" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood male figure standing with bent knees. Male is holding his mid-section and appears to have body scarification.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Ancestral couple: female figure with facial and body scarification
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 38 1/2 h. x 8 1/2" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood female figure standing on a wood base with bent knees grasping her mid section which encloses a circular motif; figure appears to have body scarification.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Standing male figure with beard, bended knees and facial scarification
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 46 h. x 9" dia. OVERALL
description: Carved wood male figure kneeling on circular base with facial scarification; both arms are missing below shoulder.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people, Africa
description: Seated figure wearing a mask
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 33 x 8 1/2 x 11" OVERALL
description: Carved wood seated figure wearing a mask extending to the back of the head; figure is pulling on beard with both hands.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people, Africa
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with horn and facial scarification
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 12 x 8 1/4 x 3" OVERALL
description: Carved wood mask with facial scarification and two horns extending from top of head.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with facial scarificaton and horns
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 7 x 12 x 2 3/4" OVERALL
description: Carved wood mask with facial scarification and small horns extending from upper left and right; a carved curvilinear crown extends across the top of the mask.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with facial scarifications, braided hair and pointed horn
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 12 x 5 1/4 x 3 7/8" OVERALL
description: Carved wood mask with facial scarifications, braided hair and horn curled and pointed toward the face.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with multiple facial scarifications
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 12 x 6 x 4" OVERALL
description: Carved wood mask with raised plaited hair and vertical facial scarfications thoughout cheeks.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with plaited hair and facial scarifications
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 12 x 6 x 3 1/4" OVERALL
description: Wood facial mask with plaited hairand facial scarifications throughout cheeks.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask with plaited hair and facial scarification
description: n.d.
description: Wood, carved
description: 10 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/2" OVERALL
description: Wood face mask with plaited hair and facial scarfication throughout checks.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask: black painted wood mask
description: n.d.
description: Wood with paint
description: 18 x 8 x 3 7/8" OVERALL
description: Black painted wood face mask with black horns and red encircled eyes.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
description: Mask: red painted wood mask
description: n.d.
description: Wood with paint
description: 17 1/2 x 8 x 4" OVERALL
description: Red painted wood fask mask with black encircled eyes.
creator: Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Burkina Faso, Mossi people
description: Female figure with scarifications
description: 20th C.
description: Wood
description: 50 h. x 12 1/2" dia. WITH BASE
description: Wood female figure with scarifications; figure stands with arms at sides positioned downward and is attached to a painted black base.
creator: Burkina Faso, Mossi people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 20th C.

Burkina Faso, Mossi people
description: Mask: painted wood with braided rope and fabric
description: 20th C.
description: Wood, rope and fabric
description: 38 h. x 10" dia. WITH STAND
description: Cap-like mask with painted wood and braided rope extending from lower edge; painted wood animal head positioned on top with striped horns.
creator: Burkina Faso, Mossi people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: 20th C.

Liberia, Dan people
description: Mask with metal incrustations
description: n.d.
description: Wood and metal
description: 16 x 10 3/4 x 4" OVERALL
description: Heavily polished carved wood mask with metal incrustrations; facial figure includes pointed chin, open mouth and metal hoop earrings.
creator: Liberia, Dan people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Burkina Faso, Mossi people
description: Royal ancestral statue: female
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 15 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" OVERALL
description: Brass ancestral statue mounted on black stand; statue includes elongated figure with curvilinear headdress and small abbreviated female figures positioned around upper torso.
creator: Burkina Faso, Mossi people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Burkina Faso, Mossi people
description: Royal ancestral statue: female
description: n.d.
description: Brass
description: 15 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" OVERALL
description: Brass ancestral statue mounted on black stand; statue includes elongated figure with curvilinear headdress and small abbreviated female figures positioned around upper torso.
creator: Burkina Faso, Mossi people
source: Gift of Dr. Fima and Jere Lifshitz
date: n.d.

Maker unknown, African
description: Necklace
description: shell and leather
creator: Maker unknown, African
source: Gift of Professor Alfred Moir
date: n.d.

Maker Unknown, African
description: Dancer's Ankle Bracelet
description: silver
description: 5 dia. in.
creator: Maker Unknown, African
source: Gift of Mrs. William T. Campbell
date: n.d.

Maker Unknown, African
description: Milk container
description: gourd, leather, beads, metal, button, string, wire
description: 30 1/2 x 5 1/2 dia. in.
description: Oblong gourd with lid attatched by leather strap.
creator: Maker Unknown, African
source: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jospeh R. Ciaramella
date: n.d.

Maker Unknown, African
description: Crucifix
description: 16th-17th C.
description: Brass
description: 4 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4"
creator: Maker Unknown, African
source: Gift of Drs. William and Jane Bertrand
date: 16th-17th C.

Zuko of Birifor Tcha, No. Ghana, Africa
description: Figure
description: 20th C. (1972)
description: wood
description: 11 1/4" h.
creator: Zuko of Birifor Tcha, No. Ghana, Africa
date: 20th C. (1972)

Africa, Zanzibar or Tanganyika
description: Cap
description: Cloth
description: 10" x 6"
creator: Africa, Zanzibar or Tanganyika
source: Gift of Alyse Maris
date: n.d.

Zaire, Africa
description: Bakuba Hat Worn by Aristocracy of Royal Family
description: basketry of leather, raffia, berge, w/ fringe
description: 6 1/2" x 9"
creator: Zaire, Africa
date: n.d.

Zaire, Africa
description: Kuba Cloth
description: 1970s - 1980s
description: prestige cloth
description: 25 x 26
creator: Zaire, Africa
date: 1970s - 1980s

Zaire, Africa
description: Kuba Cloth
description: 1970s - 1980s
description: prestige cloth, raffia palm fiber
description: 14 x 26 in.
creator: Zaire, Africa
date: 1970s - 1980s

Zaire, Africa
description: Woman's Skirt
description: raffia palm fiber
description: 33 x 177 1/2 in.
creator: Zaire, Africa
date: n.d.

Zaire, Africa
description: Woman's Skirt
description: red raffia, palm fiber
description: 152 1/4 x 35 1/2 in.
creator: Zaire, Africa
source: Gift of John and Andrea Rich
date: n.d.

Yoruba, W Nigeria
description: Ibeji Figure
description: wood, beads
description: 11 1/2 in.
description: Male figure.
creator: Yoruba, W Nigeria
source: Gift of John and Andrea Rich
date: n.d.

Yoruba, W Nigeria
description: Ibeji Figure
description: wood
description: 12 1/2 in.
description: Female figure.
creator: Yoruba, W Nigeria
source: Gift of John and Andrea Rich
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria, Ekiti Region
description: Ibeji Figure
description: early 20th C.
description: wood, beads, indigo
description: 11 1/2 x 4 x 4 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria, Ekiti Region
source: Gift of John and Andrea Rich
date: early 20th C

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Stool
description: wood, pigment
description: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 15 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: MUSEUM PURCHASE FUND
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Oshe Shango (staff)
description: wood
description: 8 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Two Figures on Base
description: wood, beads, iron nails
description: 4" x 3 1/2" x 1"
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Bell
description: brass
description: 4 7/8 x 2 1/2 dia. in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Bell
description: brass
description: 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Armlet
description: brass
description: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.
description: Brass armlet with multiple surface decoartion.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Edan Ogboni
description: brass
description: 8 1/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in.
description: Male figure with two animal forms springing from sides of head holds two staffs across chest.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: "Bell" Ogboni
description: brass
description: 9 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
description: In form of seated figure holding a staff in each hand and wearing a headdress topped with an umbrella.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Doll
description: wood
description: 8 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.

Yoruba, Nigeria
description: Knife with Scabbard
description: Knife: iron, leather Scabbard: leather, beadwork
description: 17 1/2 x 3 x 1 1/4 in.
creator: Yoruba, Nigeria
source: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Fraser
date: n.d.