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A work made of terracotta.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of jute, raffia, cowrie shells, and beads.

Pendant, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of terracotta.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Turka

A work made of wood and pigment.

Female Face Mask (Gu), Early 20th century

Guro

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress (Egungun or Gelede), Early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Hats and Men Cram onto Train No. 3, c. 1965

Ernest Cole

A work made of hippopotamus tooth.

Pendant, 19th/20th century

Luba

A work made of gelatin silver print.

2nd Annual Carnival Ball Benefit for the DuSable Museum of African American History, August 15, 1987

Kerry Coppin

A work made of wood and plant fibers.

Hair Comb, Early 20th century

A black woman wearing a white shirt and black trousers looks back while dancing, arms stretched, blurry, moving towards the camera as she leans forward. Behind her, a man in an all-white suit, black sunglasses, and a hat stands wide with his hands blurry too, his mouth open like he's saying something.

Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970-80), 1972

Mikki Ferrill

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in running stitches cut to form pile; couching; two panels joined.

Double Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of bronze.

Boxer, 1942

Richmond Barthé

A work made of bands of cotton and wool, weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave, plain weave with paired warp, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and bands of slit tapestry weave.

Arkilla Kerka (Wedding Hanging), Mid–20th century

Fulani

An oil painting of a landscape that depicts a group of six trees illuminated by a dramatic sunset in the background. The color palette is mostly warm tones in shades of red, orange, and yellow, with some streaks of dark green in the foreground and broader strokes of light green and blue for the sky in the background.

Twilight, c. 1926

Hale Woodruff

A work made of terracotta.

Vessel, Mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of 15 strips joined: cotton and viscose-rayon, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and areas of discontinuous wefts forming openwork.

Woman's Wrapper (Aso Oke), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Two Disciples at the Tomb, c. 1906

Henry Ossawa Tanner

A work made of brush and ink, acrylic and watercolor on ivory wove paper.

After Photography, 2003

Marlene Dumas

Cool-toned paper collage of a number of black figures in a room. In the left foreground, a small, female figure spins wool; behind her a larger female figure works an upright loom. A male figure strides across the frame. Three male figures stand to the side, and a figure carrying a knife enters the room through a doorway in the back. A large window in the background frames a mountainous island and a ship with white sails.

The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pinturicchio and Benin), 1977

Romare Howard Bearden

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