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A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet (Sigi Kun), Mid-19th to mid-20th century

Bamana

A work made of wood.

Miniature Mask, Early/mid–20th century

Dan

A work made of 16mm color film, sound, transferred to digital video (projection); 3:11.

Monument, 1990

William Kentridge

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Invisible Woman I, from the series "Invisible Women", 2006

Sabelo Mlangeni

A work made of durst lambda print on paper, 2/5 limited edition.

Okavango Delta Spa, Botswana, Rendering, 1997

ROY

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Bowl, 1360–1450

Cibola

A work made of cotton thread, glass beads, and cowrie shells.

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Bakhambile Skhosana, Natalspruit, from the series "Faces & Phases", 2010, printed 2014

Zanele Muholi

A work made of cotton, eight narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; resist painted and printed.

Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper, 1988

Djowari Suko

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, 1937

Arthur Rothstein

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

Film still of ocean, orange sunset, small boat in shadow.

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

A work made of vandyke print.

Jonathan's Hands, 1998

Rashid Johnson

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Bantu Children at School, c. 1965

Ernest Cole

A work made of gelatin silver print.

2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele, 1984, printed c. 2012

David Goldblatt

A full-body, photograph of a nude, female figure in profile. She sits on a pallet of blankets in front of a fireplace, and in the background is an ascending staircase.

Nude, 1925

James VanDerZee

A work made of suite of five paintings: vignette 2 (2005): acrylic on plexiglas; vignette 2.25 (2008); vignette 2.50 (2008) and vignette 2.75 (2008): acrylic on polyvinyl; vignette 3 (2005): acrylic on plexiglas.

Vignette Suite, 2005/08

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of terracotta.

Palm Wine Vessel, Mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Bird, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Sepia-toned photograph. A person with short, cropped hair wearing a fedora and formal riding gear stands in front of a brick wall, hands in their pockets, face cocked upwards and smiling. There is a small cutout photograph of a dog and a decorative metal gate with flowers in the background,

Riding Habit, 1939

James VanDerZee

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