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A work made of wood, steel, silver, enamel, and bone.

Snaphance Gun, 19th century

A work made of wood.

Cup, Late 19th/early 20th century

Pende

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water Container (Funjoho), Early/mid–20th century

Senufo

Painting of a cabin set below a dark blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Behind it is a field of many small white dots. In front, a dark-skinned woman sits and a dark-skinned child plays among roaming chickens and dogs in a fenced-in yard.

Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37

Horace Pippin

A work made of raffia, plain weave and cotton, plain weave; pieced; appliquéd with raffia, plain weave in pearl stitches.

Ceremonial Skirt, 1875/1900

Kuba

A work made of wood, glass beads, pigment, and string.

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

Yoruba

Àdìre Oniko Wrapper

Àdìre Oniko Wrapper, 1901/1993

Yoruba

A work made of feathers, fiber, and cotton.

Feather Headdress, 20th century

Bamileke

A tall, wooden sculpture that leans against the gallery wall. A hollow box at the top is supported by two wooden branches that connect to a wheel at the bottom. The rough tree branches contrast with the refined wood of the box.

Sanctuary, 1982

Martin Puryear

A work made of brass.

Amulet Depicting Birds, 19th/mid–20th century

Senufo

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 cloth, wood, glass beads, and thread.

Oba's Dagger and Sheath (Udamalore and èwu), Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern, 18th/early 20th century

Asante

A work made of wood and plant fibers.

Hair Comb, Early 20th century

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Water Container (Nyondedaa or Nyonnyodaa), Early/mid–20th century

Lobi

A work made of ceramic.

Oil Lamp in the Form of a Woman's Body, 19th/20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Hawk Mask, Early/mid–20th century

Bwa

A work made of wood, pigment, and human hair.

Helmet Mask (Lipiko), Early to mid-20th century

Makonde

Black-and-white photograph of a black girl in profile looking out the window of log cabin, eyes partially closed, toward an open shutter covered in tattered newspaper advertisements, one featuring an image of a white woman. The girl's hair is in braids, her light shirt slightly dirty.

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama [Artelia Bendolph], April 1937

Arthur Rothstein

A work made of terracotta.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

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