19th century Zulu shield. Now in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.
Mask in the shape of a human face (simoni or mbalangwe) used in the Nyau masquerade of the Chewa (Cewa) people, Malawi. Artist unknown; late 20th century. Now in the British Museum. Photo credit: Hans Hillaert/Wikimedia Commons.
Carved wooden figure (nzambi) of the Holo people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola. Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
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Mwana pwo mask of the Tchokwe people, Angola. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo. Photo credit: Sailko/Wikimedia Commons.
Wooden pot with lid, of the Swazi people, present-day South Africa or Swaziland. Artist unknown; 19th century. Now in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.
Wooden statuette of the Tshokwe (Chokwe) people, Angola. Now in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Photo credit: Sailko/Wikimedia Commons.
Wooden mask of a young woman (mwana pwo) of the Chokwe people, Bachon region, Angola. Artist unknown; 19th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Likishi dance costume of the Luvale people, Zambia, including the mwana pwevo mask and a pair of rattles made from seed pods, worn around the ankles. Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Pot with lid of the Nguni people of South Africa. Artist unknown; 19th century. Now in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.
Dance mask (pwo) of the Chokwe people of Central and Southern Africa. Now in the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.
Wooden sculpture from the Chokwe people of Angola, representing Chibinda Ilunga, an ancestral folk hero of the Chokwe. Artist unknown; ca. 1850. Now in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
Carved zoomorphic headrest of the Tsonga people, South Africa or Mozambique. Artist unknown; 19th century. Now in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.