This object has the following keywords:

• African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
• carvings - Refers to works executed by cutting a figure or design out of a solid material such as stone or wood. It typically refers to works that are relatively small in size, are part of a larger work, or are not considered art. For large and medium-sized three-dimensional works of art, use the broader term "sculpture" or another appropriate term.
• Central African - Styles and cultures from a wide region of Africa that straddles the Equator and is drained largely by the Congo River system.
• Congolese - Nationality, styles, and cultures of the Republic of the Congo.
• Hemba
• Luba - Style and culture of the African ethnic group of the same name inhabiting the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• metal - Any of a large group of substances that typically show a characteristic luster, are good conductors of electricity and heat, are opaque, can be fused, and are usually malleable or ductile.
• ritual objects - Objects used for a particular ritual activity, often as part of a ceremony.
• wood - The principal tissue of trees and other plants that provides both strength and a means of conducting nutrients. Wood is one of the most versatile materials known.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• African and Pacific Art from the Neufeld Collection Bryn Mawr College , 4/28/993 - 6/1/1993
• African Images, Western Imageries: Collecting and Recollecting African Bryn Mawr College , 9/26/1999 - 6/15/2000

• Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
  Role: Donor
  Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
  Dates: 7/18/1991
  
  

The following Comparanda exist for this object:

• "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0148883.
  
• "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0161344.
  

The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:

• "The Brooklyn Museum Online Collection." The Brooklyn Museum Online Collections Database. (Accessed April 9, 2020): Brooklyn Museum, https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collections. Accession No.: 22.1132.
• "The Met Online Collections Database." The Met Collection. (Accessed April 9, 2020): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/. Accession No.: 1978.412.646.
• Constantine Petridis, Art and Power in the Central African Savanna: Luba, Songye, Chokwe, Luluwa (Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008), 39-61.

This object is a member of the following portfolios: