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One-of-a-kind bronze royal bracelet with two rounded hinge halves. An elephant stands in the center with lions on either side.

A hand-wrought iron gong stands next to a carved wood tappa featuring a Goli Society Bo-Amun mask. There are holes in the base for attaching fabric. The gong has an encrusted brown patina and the tappa has a rich red brown patina.

Carved wood drum has a light brownm patina with white kaolin, with an animal skin drum head secured by carved wood pegs. On the cylinder of the drum are alternating masks with bird and ancestral faces. The pedestal base also has serpents and…

This warthog’s head mask has cutouts for the dancer’s eyes just below the painted eyes. The mask is made of carved wood with a black vegetable pigment patina with white kaolin, blue indigo and red earth pigment. Some indigenous fabric remnants are…