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A work made of terracotta and slip.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Bwa

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

Breadwinner (War), 1942

John Wilson

A work made of plant fibers and hide.

Berry-Gathering Basket, c. 1900

Klikitat

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 blackened terracotta.

Container, Possibly for Use as an Oil Lamp, Early/mid–20th century

Nsei

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

Coronet (Orikògbòfóor Onigegemerin), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

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

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

Asante

Akhnif (Man's Cape)

Akhnif (Man's Cape), Mid–19th century

Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

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

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 wool and linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk, cotton and linen in chequered chain, double running, herringbone, threaded herringbone, pattern darning, satin and stem stitches; silk, cotton and linen wrapped cut tassels; top edge: linen and wool, weft twining; warp fringe wrapped with wool and embroidered with silk in compound cross stitches: lower edge: silk, centered weft twining; edged with cotton wrapped cord; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Headscarf, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

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 eleven layers of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; some embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching; all beaded with cotton, polyolefin, plastic, and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton cords.

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), c. 1950/60

Ngwane

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "turkish" (ghiordes) knots.

Carpet, 1875–1900

Pendant (Crocodile)

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

Baule

A work made of wood and pigment.

Standing Female Figure, 19th/early 20th century

Lega

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