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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

Turka

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

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 jute, raffia, cowrie shells, and beads.

Pendant, 19th century

Kuba

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 plant fibers.

Basketry Jar, 1890–1915

Apache: San Carlos Apache

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary Heads, 200–300 CE

Maya

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

A work made of wood and plant fibers.

Hair Comb, Early 20th century

A sepia-toned still from a video work. A tall African American man dressed in a trench coat, a hat, and sneakers kicks a metal bucket down a street at night. A white car passes by and streetlamps illuminate the scene.

Phat Free, 1995/99

David Hammons

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 ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Seated Chieftain, 100 BCE–250 CE

Colima

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 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 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

A work made of terracotta.

Vessel, Mid–20th century

Igbo

A vividly colored self-portrait in oil paint by the artist Beauford Delaney. Delaney depicts himself using bold, thick strokes of paint. His skin tone is polychromatic and contrasted by a mustard yellow background. He wears a blue shirt with accents of red and bright red hat.

Self-Portrait, 1944

Beauford Delaney

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