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A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; five panels joined; finished at both ends with knotted and braided warp fringe.

Panel (Lamba Mpanjaka), 1997

Antoine Rakotoarinala

A work made of lithographic crayon, with scraping and smudging, on cream wove paper.

Breadwinner (War), 1942

John Wilson

A woman with dark brown skin and an afro reclines on a patterned yellow couch, her legs crossed in the foreground. She wears hoop earrings, a loose purple top, and yellow eyeshadow.

Can't We Just Sit Down and Talk it Over?, 2006–07

Mickalene Thomas

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

Coronet (Orikògbòfóor Onigegemerin), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

Concentric Circles-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water Container (Jidaga), Early/mid–20th century

Maninka

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Coclé

A work made of terracotta.

Water or Palm Wine Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of terracotta.

Shrine Jar, Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

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

Headband, Late 19th or early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of gold.

Pendant (Crocodile), Late 19th/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of wood and pigment.

Standing Female Figure, 19th/early 20th century

Lega

A work made of wood.

Shutter, Possibly for a Granary, 19th/mid–20th century

Dogon

A work made of gold.

Pendant (Cow Head), Late 19th/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of ivory, iron, and string.

Pair of Staffs (Edan), 19th century or before

Yoruba

A work made of wood and kaolin.

Figure Posts, Early-mid 20th century

Kwere

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Ritual Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Niger Delta

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Storage Vessel (Mulondo), Mid–20th century

Songye

Abstract painting composed of small vertical dabs of multiple shades of blue with a small area of similar strokes of red, orange, and yellow in the upper right.

Starry Night and the Astronauts, 1972

Alma Thomas

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