Carved and painted wood figure of a man in colonial African cothing. The man wears a white pith helmet with a dark brown button on top of it. The man’s face and the rest of his skin is dark brown. In the left side of his mouth, he holds a small cigarette made of plastic. He wears a khaki uniform. The shirt has a collar, rolled-up sleeves and pockets on either side. There are four buttons down the front of his shirt. He stands with his hands in the pockets of his khaki shorts. His khaki shorts are secured with a dark brown belt and have two pockets on the back. His torso is quite long in proportion to his legs; only a small portion of his calves are visible underneath his shorts. He wears white socks which are pulled up high. He also wears light brown shoes. The man stands upon a dark brown, round base.

Standing male ancestor figure, carved out of wood. The large head is pointed in back, topped with a flat, decorated hat, and sits on a long neck carved with a regular pattern of rectangles. The figure’s arms are bent and the hands attach to the body at the hips. Four fingers are carved into the right hand. A narrow chest tops a protruding stomach at front, while buttocks are carved prominently at rear. The legs are short and stocky. The right foot is a rounded block with the carved toes; the left foot is half the size of the right, due to missing portions. The figure wears a carved belt.

Carved wooden fetish figure. The standing figure has large eyes and a mouth with teeth carved into the face. It wears a tall, decorated, wedge-shaped hat. Most of the protruding nose and ears have been removed, with bored nostril and ear holes remaining. The figure’s arms are bent, with forearms and hands resting on the chest, and each hand has three carved fingers. The torso is rounded and protruding at both front and back, and a hole has been bored at the stomach’s centre. The buttocks are angularly carved. Legs are thick and bent in a squatting position, and end in large feet with carved toes. A sash of woven plant fibre is wound several times around the figure’s waist, with another surrounding the front of the chest and inserted through holes in the wood between the upper arms and torso. It is knotted together at back.

Carved wooden figure with woven sash. It has several aspects typical of a carved Yaka figure, such as an upturned nose, large prominent ears, hands clasped under chin, and legs bent into a squatting posture. The figure also has a pointed forehead, large eyes, protruding lips, and deeply bored ear holes. The scalp area narrows to a wedge shape at the outside edge and is carved with lines. Shoulders are narrow in the front, but prominent in the rear, and arms are bent with hands that have three carved fingers each. The stomach protrudes in front and buttocks are sharply angled at back. Legs are thick, with pointed knees, and feet are large and rounded. A woven sash of plant fibre surrounds the figure’s waist twice and is knotted in the front. Another sash surrounds the chest and is inserted through the wood of the upper arms.

Standing female ancestor figure, carved out of wood, red in colour. The face has large eyes, a narrow nose, and a small mouth. On top of the head is a pointed projection. The figure’s neck is very long and thick and is carved with a semi-regular pattern of rectangles. The arms are topped with pointed shoulders, and hands are attached to the hips. The figure is pregnant, shown by a sharp protrusion of the belly. Legs are short and stocky, ending in large blocky feet. A thick milky coating has been applied to the lower outside portion of the feet.

Standing, carved wood ancestor figure. Figure wears a close fitting cap, with hair carved in a cross hatched pattern beneath. The face is narrow at the forehead and widens at the cheeks, with a small chin, large carved eyes, and protruding nose and ears with bored nostril and ear holes. Three vertical lines are carved into the cheeks below the eyes. The torso is long with a stomach that protrudes in the front. Arms are bent and hands are attached to the body above the waist. The left hand is carved with five fingers and the right with six. The buttocks are pronounced, legs are bent in a crouching position, and feet are large with five carved toes each. Two holes are bored into the groin area. A round headed nail is embedded in the bottom of the right foot.

Carved wooden drum figure. Large eyes and a mouth with teeth are carved into the face. The figure has a protruding nose and large protruding ears and wears a tall wedge-shaped hat with side brims. Below the angular jaw is a long straight neck that leads down to the drum. The drum is long and cylindrical with a long, vertical, rectangular slit cut out of the centre front. The inside of the drum has been carved out, leaving the drum walls relatively thin. On the base are three round-headed nails. Around the figure’s neck is a rope of twisted fibre, knotted closed.

Fetish figure carved out of wood. The standing figure’s head has a flat top, with large protruding ears, large eyes, a square block nose, and smooth forehead and cheeks. Deep holes have been bored for the nostrils and ears, and the areas underneath the nostrils and inside the ears have been blackened. A thick neck leads to a square shoulder area and then to a round and protruding stomach and back. The legs are thinner at the thigh and thicken more toward the large feet. There is white residue on the front and inside of the legs below the knees.

Wooden nkisi figure with inlay. The human figure stands with right arm raised, hand in a fist, and left hand on hip. Five fingers are carved in the upraised fist, and four in the left hand. Eyes have glass inserts, and there is a rectangular glass and metal insert in the stomach. The figure stands on an attached block carved of the same piece of wood.

Almost square cloth of cropped woven raffia in a pattern of yellow and brown diamond shapes, with a fringe all around edges.