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Pendant (Cow Head)

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

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

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 gourd, wire, cloth, glass beads, and hair.

Pair of Figures, 20th century

Nyamwezi

A work made of raffia and porcupine quills.

Headdress, 20th century

Bamileke

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 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 terracotta and slip.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Daddy Grace at the Altar with Choir, 1938

James VanDerZee

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 terracotta.

Shrine Vessel, 1949/50

Yoruba

A work made of copper alloy.

Ring Depicting a Chameleon, 19th/mid–20th century

Senufo

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