100 FIG. 15 (above right): Hat. Ngombe, DR Congo. Early to mid-20th century. Pangolin skin, feathers, vegetable fi bers. L: 33.3 cm. National Museum for African Art, Smithsonian Institution, inv. #98-9-1. Purchased with funds provided by the Annie Laurie Aitken Endowment. Photo: Franko Khoury. FIG. 16 (far right): Bwami society hat for ngandu or yananio level. Lega, DR Congo. Late 19th or early 20th century. Plant fi ber, mollusk shells, cowrie shells, buttons, pangolin scales, pangolin tail. H: 61 cm. Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 2011.3.2. FIG. 13 (above): Relief plaque: Two town dignitaries with eben swords and tunics of pangolin scales. Edo, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria. 16th–17th century. Brass. H: 46.5 cm. British Museum, inv. Af1898,0115.58. Donated by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1898. © The Trustees of the British Museum. FIG. 14 (right): Casimir Ostoja Zagourski, Province de l’Equateur. Type Gombe (Province of the Equator, Gombe Man). C. 1925. From the series L’Afrique Qui Disparait!! #12. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, inv. EEPA 1987-2420012-01.
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