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A work made of calabash.

"Ram's Horns" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of wood.

Tripod Chair, Early/mid–20th century

Tiv

A work made of terracotta.

Storage Container (Etso), Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

Three figures dark-skinned, elongated figures lie on a bed of patterned quilts, viewed from above, slightly abstracted. The central figure wears no clothing, their back and buttocks visible. A leg juts in at bottom right. To the right of the bed on a wooden floor lie newspapers and a white baby doll.

The Room No. VI, 1948

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of terracotta.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Babessi

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Ritual Healing (Itinate or Kwandalowa), Mid–20th century

Cham

A work made of brass with silver overlay.

Qur'an Box Pendant, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of terracotta.

Medicine Container (Nkhoba), Early/mid–20th century

A work made of linocut in black on commercially produced green (faded to green-gray) japanese paper with gold metallic powder and a woodblock printed design in black on the verso.

Family, 1963

Margaret Burroughs

A work made of seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords.

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), Before 1930

Ngwane

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Mother's Day, from the series "Born Hip", 1962

Billy Abernathy

A work made of terracotta and glass beads.

Ritual Container, Early/mid–20th century

Kisi

A work made of wood, kaolin, and pigment.

Elephant Mask (Vi), Late 19th/early 20th century

Guro

A work made of wood.

Cup, Late 19th/early 20th century

Kuba

Beaded Apron

Beaded Apron, Mid–20th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of wood.

Sango Dance Staff (Ose Sango), Late 19th/early 20th century

Workshop of Abogunde of Ede

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape, 17th/18th century

Asante

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Equestrian Figure, 16th/19th century

Dogon

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Man with a Pipe and a Powder Keg, 18th/early 20th century

Asante

A group of black children stand closely together, gazing out at the viewer. They wear brightly colored and patterened clothing made of African fabrics; one child stands in front of the others with his arms outstretched in a protective gesture, wearing a belt and sash that identify him as part of a school safety patrol.

The Safety Patrol, 2018

Bisa Butler

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