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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 wood and brass.

Ceremonial Stool, Mid–/late 20th century

Akan

A work made of terracotta.

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

Nupe

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 terracotta.

Shrine Jar, Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

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 wood and kaolin.

Figure Posts, Early-mid 20th century

Kwere

A work made of ivory, iron, and string.

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

Yoruba

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Ritual Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Niger Delta

A work made of gourd, wire, cloth, glass beads, and hair.

Pair of Figures, 20th century

Nyamwezi

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Storage Vessel (Mulondo), Mid–20th century

Songye

A work made of 6 panels joined of factory-produced cotton, plain weave self-patterned by warp and weft floats; embroidered with silk floss and viscose rayon threads in chain stitches.

Adinkra Wrapper, Early 20th century (after 1904)

Asante

A work made of wood, cloth, and cowrie shells.

Standing Figure (Ibeji), Mid–19th/early 20th century

Workshop of Abogunde of Ede

A work made of wood.

Miniature Male Figure, 19th/mid–20th century

Dogon

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