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1. Charm figure

Museum number:: 5-13050
Culture or time period:: Teke
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 30.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

2. Mask

Museum number:: 5-1786
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 27 centimeters and length 34.29 centimeters
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

3. Mask

Museum number:: 5-1788
Culture or time period:: Fang and Kota of Gabon
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Dimensions:: from nose of one face to nose of the other.— height 35.56 centimeters and mask only; without horns— height 34.5 centimeters
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960