1084. COLLECTION OF TRIBAL ITEMS & PROVENANCE - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.

A fascinating collection of items acquired by a Rev J R M Stephens whist working as a Missionary in the Belgian Congo in the late 19thc/early 20thc. Including a tribal wooden stool inset with brass studs and coins (39cms diameter, 29cms high), a large and heavy bronze hinged ring anklet (used as currency, 17.5cms diameter), a carved tribal ancestor figure (52.5cms high), a carved hardwood paddle (173cms long), and a carved wooden spear with sheets of metal to the shaft and mirror inserts (124cms long). With a letter of provenance from the Baptist Missionary Society from 1894, and a photograph of the Rev Stephens with some local children in 1902.