Collection place: Central Africa / Culture or time period: Chokwe / Materials: Wood (plant material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Attached wooden bowl

Museum number:: 5-1667b
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

2. Carved figure

Museum number:: 5-4546TMP1
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:: Sanjolomba, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

3. Cup

Museum number:: 5-1682
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Central Africa

4. Cup

Museum number:: 5-16340
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba and Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 16 centimeters and width 11.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

5. Cup

Museum number:: 5-1696
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Central Africa

6. Cup

Museum number:: 5-1698
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels) and Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

7. Cup

Museum number:: 5-1681
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Central Africa

8. Drum

Museum number:: 5-1694
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: entire drum— length 23 inches and entire drum— diameter 12 inches
Collector:: Igor Kopytoff
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

9. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-1680
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-4438a
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:: Sakadimba, Democratic Republic of the Congo