Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: Bantu / Accession number: Acc.1685 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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.

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).