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Start Over Media available image Culture or time period Central Bantu Loans S1989-1990 #13: California State University, East Bay (January 10, 1990–February 13, 1990)

1. Cup

Museum number:
5-8786
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and depth 8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1964

2. Divination animal

Museum number:
5-12977
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba and Lele
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1968

3. Helmet mask

Museum number:
5-6238
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 36 centimeters
Collector:
Harry A. Franklin Gallery [Los Angeles]
Collection place:
Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
unknown

4. Mask

Museum number:
5-13706
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1972

5. Mask

Museum number:
5-4513
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 42.5 centimeters
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

6. Mask

Museum number:
5-14933
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Kwango Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

7. Wood mask with raffia

Museum number:
5-13885
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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