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A work made of terracotta.

Vessel, Mid–20th century

Igbo

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 carbon pigment print, from the portfolio "harlem, u.s.a." (2005).

At a Tent Revival Meeting, 1977, printed 2005

Dawoud Bey

A work made of wood and pigment.

Male Face Mask (Zamble), Possibly early or mid–20th century

Guro

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Tripod Polychrome Bowl Depicting a Serpent with Feathers, 500–750 CE

Veracruz, Classic

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 work made of ceramic and pigment.

Jar with Interlocking-Stepped Motifs in Diagonal Pattern, 950–1400

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

Armlet (Gungulu)

Armlet (Gungulu), Late 19th/early 20th century

Gurunsi

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-faced, warp-striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; machine embroidered with cotton; two widths joined.

Panel, Mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted.

Fragment, 1000-1476

Chancay

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Jar, 1300–1400

Cibola

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk weft-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading and supplementary wrapping wefts; embroidered with cotton, wool and silk in pattern darning and stem stitches; cut tassels; warp fringe with wool wrapping wefts and attached knotted cut fringes.

Woman's Wrapper, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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

Mikki Ferrill

Necklace

Necklace, 19th/mid–20th century

Bamum

A work made of graphite on cream wove paper.

Barber Shop Politics, 1939

Allan Rohan Crite

A work made of copper alloy.

Pendant Depicting a Tortoise, Early/mid–20th century

Senufo

A work made of black and white conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper.

Study for "Many Mansions", 1994

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Mushenge

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

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

Five-Petaled Flower-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

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