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| 1 | 2017-26-8 | Pipe | The Luba pipe carved from a calabash is ornamented with two smaller human heads, which are facing up toward a kneeling taller female figure. The extensions to the calabash have been attatched with reeds to the sides and top of the gourd. The two small heads take on the appearance of stoppers, and the kneeling female figure, in the typical style of the Luba, is secured onto the calabash carved out of hardwood and displays, on the stomach and the back, the typical form of the tribal scarification markings; her hands rest on her exposed breasts and her eyes are closed. The maker has ornamented her hair in protruding circular shapes. |
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| 2 | 2017-26-9 | Pipe | The Luba is carved from a single calabash, bottle gourd. Three-quarter female figure with splayed breasts embellishes the stem of the pipe; she wears a complex coiffure that is adjoined with the stem of the pipe by fiber wrapping. Her body is adorned with horizontal scarification. A single bowl protrudes from the front of the bulbous calabash body. |
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| 3 | 2022-29-21 | Figure | Among the Yoruba, twin births are common and believed to be ritually significant. When a twin dies a wooden figure known as an Ibeji is created as the receptacle for the deceased spirit. Carved of a single piece of wood, standing with arms at the sides, ornamented with a metal ring, short squat legs on a base, and decorated with a cowrie shell garment. A stylized, pointed coiffure has a central opening. Large almond shaped eyes, flared nose, and large lips make up the face. |
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