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A work made of terracotta.

Altar Vessel, Early 20th century

Lobi

A work made of terracotta.

Palm Wine Container, Mid–/late 20th century

Mfumte

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight with a Geometric Design, 18th/19th century

Asante

A group of people of varying skin tones stand in line, some of them holding baskets and bags. Behind them is a billboard with a picture of four smiling, light-skinned figures in a car, under the slogan "World's Highest Standard of Living. There's no way like the American Way."

World's Highest Standard of Living, 1937, printed later

Margaret Bourke-White

A work made of 20 strips of cotton, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft-faced weave on warp groupings of four warps; pieced.

Kente Wrapper, Mid–20th century

Ewe

A work made of blackened terracotta, wash, and kaolin.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Baule

A work.

Child's Tunic, 19th century

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Vessel (Kume Ndu), Mid–20th century

Babessi

A work made of terracotta.

Double Altar Vessel, Early/mid–20th century

Gur

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 copper alloy.

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

Senufo

Miniature Mask

Miniature Mask, Early/mid–20th century

Dan

A work made of wood, pigment, and plant fibers [yuca whips modern replacements].

Owa-nganroro (Mad Stone Eater Kachina), c. 1900

Hopi Tribe

A work made of terracotta.

One of a Pair of Shrine Figures, Late 19th/early 20th century

Ewe

A work made of chromogenic print mounted to acrylic.

Void of Silence, Father/Brother/Son, 2001

Kori Newkirk

A work made of blackened terracotta and slip.

Container for Valuables, Early/mid–20th century

Gur

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 wood, glass beads, cowrie shells, pigment, and string.

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

Yoruba

A work made of 21 strips joined: rayon, plain weaves with supplementary brocading wefts.

Kente Wrapper, 1900/50

Asante

A work made of terracotta.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Kurumba

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