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A work made of wood, glass beads, and thread.

Twin Figures (Ere Ibeji), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of ivory.

Tapper (Iroke Ifa), 17th or 18th century

Yoruba

A work made of cotton cloth, glass beads, mother of pearl beads, thread, and leather.

Wedding Ensemble for a Bride (Umtshakazi), 1950s

Thembu

A dark-brown painted sculpture with hints of orange showing through of a slim face with a long neck. The lips are drawn in a pout, the cheeks sunken, the hair pulled back in a swirl pattern and falling down in a slim column.

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Fang

A work made of terracotta.

Commemorative Head, Probably mid–17th/mid–18th century

Edo

A work made of wood.

Lidded Container, Mid–late 19th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of wood and pigment.

Time of the Brave Mask (Mgbedike), Early/mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of wood, metal, and sacrificial materials.

Male Figure (Blolo Bian), Early/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of african red granite; edition number two of two.

Seating for Eight, 1985

Scott Burton

Wooden chair with woven cotton seat, back, footrest.

Chair (Kiti Cha Enzi), 19th century

Swahili

Two large dark brown wood horned animal headdresses.

Pair of Headdresses (Tyi Wara Kunw), Mid–19th to early 20th century

Bamana

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

"A, B, C, D"-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Painting of a crowded bar scene where African American people dance and drink together, some sitting at the bar, some at small tables, and many on the dance floor.

Nightlife, 1943

Archibald John Motley Jr.

A work made of wood.

Headrest (Isicamelo or Isigqiki), 19th century

Northern Nguni

A wooden carving of a male figure. The figure has a distinctive face, with oval-shaped eyes and mouth, and wears a cap on his head. His body is covered in various shells, bones, feathers, fabric, and metal nails, and he holds a mirror-sealed resin packet over his stomach.

Male Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Probably early to mid-19th century

Vili

Two pages from the June 20,1986, New York Times, drawn on with charcoal and red crayon. At left, a naked, dark-skinned woman is drawn reclining, arms on top of her head, over headlines about South African apartheid. On the right, a bald, dark-skinned face with empty eye sockets is drawn over sports headlines and baseball standings. "Solution Solution The Black Space" is written over the face, with the "c" in black missing or erased.

Vanilla Nightmares #2, 1986

Adrian Piper

An oil painting of a colorful female face on a white background. The woman wears glasses and large, hoop earrings, and is rendered in blue, red, yellow, and purples shades that create a kaleidoscopic effect.

Towards Identity, 1970

Nelson Stevens

A work made of wood, pigment, and kaolin.

Headdress for Gelede (Igi), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of human hair, twine, cloth, and pigment.

Woman's Hat (Isicholo), 20th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of oil on masonite.

Desert Forms, 1957

Hughie Lee-Smith

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