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Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 5-2626a-c, described as A) Dance costume (Likishi) made of looped fiber; root of musamba; shirt (chivuvu) with gloved hands; red and black. B) Leggings (mikono); same material and technique as (A). Mask similar to 2625 worn. This costume is used by male dancers in the circumcision ceremonies to frighten the young initiates, and can be used with various masks such as the kapongo. A special man knits the costume (a boy who has learned the secrets after his initiation) but has no special tribal name. The costume is made by the Luvale, Chokwe, Mbunda, Luchase and Kanpala tribes, of the roots of the musamba which is made into fiber by rolling it on the theigh and then it is knitted.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2673, described as Carved wooden figure; Liksihi figure; represents Minerigo dancer; covered with knitted costume; 13.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Fork, accession number 5-2664a, described as Half of a pair of wooden salad servers; fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument and bow, accession number 5-2624a,b, described as Wooden string instrument with bow.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2623, described as fiber +wood mask

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 5-2624b, described as Bow for wooden stringed instrument.

Hearst Museum object titled Salad servers, accession number 5-2664a,b, described as Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2674, described as Spear; palmwood shaft; barbed steel point; 6 feet long.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-2664b, described as Half of a pair of wooden salad servers; spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 5-2626a-c, described as A) Dance costume (Likishi) made of looped fiber; root of musamba; shirt (chivuvu) with gloved hands; red and black. B) Leggings (mikono); same material and technique as (A). Mask similar to 2625 worn. This costume is used by male dancers in the circumcision ceremonies to frighten the young initiates, and can be used with various masks such as the kapongo. A special man knits the costume (a boy who has learned the secrets after his initiation) but has no special tribal name. The costume is made by the Luvale, Chokwe, Mbunda, Luchase and Kanpala tribes, of the roots of the musamba which is made into fiber by rolling it on the theigh and then it is knitted.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-2673, described as Carved wooden figure; Liksihi figure; represents Minerigo dancer; covered with knitted costume; 13.5 inches high.

Figurine

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Hearst Museum object titled Fork, accession number 5-2664a, described as Half of a pair of wooden salad servers; fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Fork

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Hearst Museum object titled Instrument and bow, accession number 5-2624a,b, described as Wooden string instrument with bow.

Instrument and bow

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Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2623, described as fiber +wood mask

Mask

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Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.

Mat

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Musical bow

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Hearst Museum object titled Salad servers, accession number 5-2664a,b, described as Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Salad servers

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-2674, described as Spear; palmwood shaft; barbed steel point; 6 feet long.

Spear

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Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-2664b, described as Half of a pair of wooden salad servers; spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

Spoon

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Culinary equipment and supplies3 objects
Culinary equipment for serving and consuming food3 objects
Salad tongs3 objects
Utensils for serving food3 objects
Basketry (object genre)2 objects
Baskets (containers)2 objects
Chordophones (stringed instruments)2 objects
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ethnography12 objects

image11 objects
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Livingstone, Zambia11 objects
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Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, Zambia9 objects
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia5 objects
Congo Basin, Africa1 objects
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[Missing]11 objects

Bonnie B. Keller2 objects

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James W. Fernandez1 objects

African cultures12 objects
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Bantu (Zone C)4 objects
Bantu (Zone K)4 objects
Central Bantu4 objects
Chokwe4 objects
Lunda cluster4 objects
Leya (Baleya) people3 objects
Toka (Batoka) people3 objects
Tokaleya people3 objects

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Kirkia acuminata1 objects

Acc.168512 objects
Acc.16861 objects

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Current results range from 1961 to 1961

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1.5 Household2 objects
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)2 objects
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments2 objects
1.1 Hunting and Fishing1 objects
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry1 objects
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)1 objects
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings1 objects
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama1 objects
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions1 objects

S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966)1 objects
S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)1 objects
S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)1 objects
S1968-1969 #97: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (April 11, 1969–May 8, 1969)1 objects
S1970-1971 #95: City of Oakland (March 5, 1971–March 5, 1971)1 objects
S1971-1972 #45: Redway Elementary School/Barbara Arnold (November 3, 1971–December 3, 1971)1 objects
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)1 objects
S1979-1980 #12: Associated Student Body (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1979–January 22, 1980)1 objects
S1980-1981 #38: University of California, Berkeley (January 13, 1981–March 6, 1981)1 objects

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