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A work made of terracotta.

Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

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 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 and cotton: slit tapestry weave; embroidered with wool and cotton in heavy chain, herring bone, interlacing and stem stitches; main warp cut fringe, twined and wrapped; added wrapped cut fringe and leather binding stitched with hemp.

Akhnif (Man's Cape), Mid–19th century

Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation

Colorful screenprint depicting a variety of brown-skinned figures walking down a street. On the left, a man in blue carries a stringed instrument; in the center, a man in black leaning on a red cane walks beside a child wearing white; a smaller child plays with chalk on the sidewalk. In the background, a woman wearing a yellow dress emerges from a doorway.

Harlem Street Scene, 1975

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of plant fibers and hide.

Berry-Gathering Basket, c. 1900

Klikitat

A work made of plant fibers, feathers, and glass and clamshell beads.

Wedding Basket, c. 1895

Pomo

Photograph of a brown-skinned woman with a bouquet of flowers in her lap. She sits in a chair, resting her head in her right hand, and gazes directly at the viewer, smiling slightly. Her hair is short, and she wears pearls, a watch, and long earrings. The background is in black-and-white, but her dress and the flowers have been tinted with yellow and orange hues.

Do Tell, 1930

James VanDerZee

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Daddy Grace at the Altar with Choir, 1938

James VanDerZee

A work made of raffia and porcupine quills.

Headdress, 20th century

Bamileke

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

Pair of Figures, 20th century

Nyamwezi

A work made of silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined.

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso), 1925-75

Asante

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Catfish, Early 18th/early 20th century

Asante

A work made of 16mm color film, sound, transferred to digital video (projection); 8:02 min..

Johannesburg - 2nd Greatest City after Paris, 1989

William Kentridge

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Coclé

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in buttonhole, pearl, and stem stitches, and running stitches cut to form pile; edged with raffia and hemp, plain weave, 2:2 oblique interlacing, and raffia-wrapped-raffia cord.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, Late 19th century-early 20th century

Kuba

A work made of leather, fur, gourd, shell, and wood.

Diviner's Belt, Early/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of ceramic.

Vessel, Mid–20th century

Bamileke

A work made of wood and brass.

Ceremonial Stool, Mid–/late 20th century

Akan

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