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A work made of 3 dye diffusion color polaroid prints, 1 engraved plastic plaque.

Suit, 1992

Lorna Simpson

A work made of wood, kaolin, and metal tacks.

Male Face Mask (Zauli), Possibly early or mid-20th century

Guro

A work made of terracotta.

Bottle (Ensumbi), Mid–/late 20th century

Nyoro

A work made of wood.

Standing Figure (Yiteke), Late 19th/early 20th century

Yaka

A work made of linocut on cream wove paper.

In Other Folk's Homes, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47), 1946, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th Street Movie Theater, from the portfolio "Harlem, U.S.A." (2005), 1976, printed 2005

Dawoud Bey

A work made of pen and brush and black ink and pen and blue and purple inks, on white gouache, with traces of charcoal on wood-pulp laminate board.

The Card Game, 1950

William Carter

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mask (Ogbodo Enyi), Early/mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of terracotta and metal.

Water or Palm Wine Container, Late 19th/early 20th century

Nupe

An older black woman in white bonnet, wire glasses, long dress, and shawl sits holding yarn. She looks at the camera thoughtfully, one hand raised, with her elbow resting on a small table. Beneath her is the caption "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."

Untitled ("I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance"), 1864-65

Sojourner Truth

A work made of glass beads, cloth, and thread.

Slippers (Bata Ileke), Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of boxwood.

Storage-Rack Panel with Figures and Animals, Late 1920s/40s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

A work made of terracotta.

Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Mangbetu

A work made of cloth, glass beads, and thread.

Bag (Apo Ileke), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

Standing Male Figure (Mankishi)

Standing Male Figure (Mankishi), Late 19th/early 20th century

Songye

A work made of collage composed of cut and pasted photographs, tape, paper and acrylic paint coated with gel medium on white wove paper.

Rumble, from Brawling Spitfire Wrestling Series, 2005

Mickalene Thomas

A work made of gold and red ochre.

Pectoral Disk (Akrafokonmu or Awisiado), Early to mid-20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta.

Bottle (Ensumbi), Mid–/late 20th century

Nyoro

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Ritual Healing (Ngwarkandangra), Mid–20th century

Bëna

A work made of wood and pigment.

Altar Stool, Mid–/late 19th century

Yoruba

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