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A work made of wood and metal.

Female Figure, Early 20th century

Nyamwezi

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Dance Staff (Oshe Sango), Early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Liquids, Early/mid–20th century

Mambila

A warm-toned watercolor painting of a crowd in a medical waiting room. On the left, brown-skinned figures wait in a line that extends into the background toward the right. Other brown-skinned figures sit on a bench in the foreground. The figures are represented in a variety of ways that indicate physical injury—some have crutches and others wear white bandages. Scientific and medical instruments are painted on the walls.

Free Clinic, 1937

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of parchment, ink, tempera, wood, leather, cotton, and string.

Bound Manuscript: The Miracles of Mary (Te'amire Maryam), Late 17th century

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depictng a Scorpion, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

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

Ceremonial Staff, Mid–20th century (before 1962)

Tutsi

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

A work made of gelatin silver print.

African Sculpture [Bamileke figure, Njuindem. “Bangwa Queen,” Bangwa Kingdon, Cameroon], 1935

Walker Evans

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress for Efe Gelede, Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

Black-and-white etching of students with dark skin walking, escorted by white man. On the left behind a short barrier, a crowd of men with white skin gesture angrily and yell at the students. One man wears what appears to be a pointed cloak, like those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. A white man with a dog stands between the men and the students.

First Day of School, 1965

Vincent Smith

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

Tapper (Iroke Ifa), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood, pigment, and raffia cord.

Lidded Box, Early 20th century

Mangbetu

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mask, 19th/20th century

Igbo

A work made of jute, raffia, cowrie shells, and beads.

Belt (Yeemy Mambolmashet), 19th century

Kuba

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Bottle, Mid–20th century

Lozi

A work made of silver, enamel, niello, and glass.

Bracelets, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of glass beads, cotton thread, coins, and shells.

Chest Ornament (Bibika), Mid–20th century

Yaka

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