Collection place: Congo Basin, Africa / Culture or time period: Bantu (Zone C) / Accession number: Acc.3510 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Fetish bundle, accession number 5-13884, described as Fetish bundle., Zaire, Ngombe. 5-13884, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 79117a. File code: 1.7 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Iron, basketry, fur, raffia, wood Context of use: Pommel said by appraiser to contain fetish material. Description: Fetish bundle-- multiple linear diagonal slashes; basketry material wrapped over wood hilt; pommel has remnant of reddish brown fur over grass-like bundle (raffia); l. 67.5 cm. (Authorized correction by Leon Siroto, 3/3/93). References: Ijzerwerk van central-Afrika, H. Westwerdiyk, p. 78, group 3, fig. l; also ill. p.34.

Hearst Museum object titled Human wooden statuette, accession number 5-13881, described as Charm figure; standing male figure; brown-stained wood with red overlay; empty fetish box in stomach has traces of white material in it; fiber band around forehead attached to black-dyed comm. cloth with remnant of feathers within; perforation through ears at front and hear elbows; height 25 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wood carved alligator, accession number 5-13886, described as Itombwa., Zaire, Kuba attr. ("Lewa" according to appraiser- may be Kuba sub-tribe). . 5-13886, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 57999e. File code: 5.1 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Wood, copper, fiber Context of use: Divination figure. A series of alternatives are stated while rubbing the flat back of the animal figure with a wetted nut or wooden piece; when this sticks and does not fall off when the figure is inverted, the correct statement is indicated. Description: Figure; crocodile divination figure, dark-stained wood; copper ring with 2 pendant white cowries around neck; incised crosshatching on nose and tail, encircling bands on neck; midsection crosshatched on one side, rectangles in relief on other; l. 31.7 cm. References: Bascom, w., African Art in Cultural Perspective, fig. 115 and p. 158-59.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden statuette, accession number 5-13879, described as Slit gong; small slit gong surmounted by human head with crescent hat on top; black painted “hair” in low relief; brown-stained wood; height 38 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden statuette wrapped in cloth, accession number 5-13880, described as Charm figure; standing anthropomorphic wood figure; fetish bundle around body is covered with plain-weave cloth with mastic and one feather on surface; bundle extends from neck to feet; fiber twine about base of bundle; ears perforated at front; swept-back tubular hairstyle; height not including modern base 24 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask with raffia, accession number 5-13885, described as Mask; face mask; anthropomorphic; red, white, and black pigments, raffia fringe; multiple round perforations on both sides of nose; lower half of face is triangular; nose, mouth and browridges in high relief; length not including fringe 17 cm