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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

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Refilwe Mahlaba, Thokoza, Johannesburg, from the series "Faces & Phases", 2010, printed 2014

Zanele Muholi

A work made of soapstone.

Seated Figure, 16th/20th century

Sapi

A work made of painted leather and fabric.

Eshu (The Trickster), 1971

Betye Saar

Black-and-white photograph of a dark-skinned woman wearing a headwrap and a fancy dress. She peers into a glass orb with an elk etched on it. Text at the bottom of the photograph reads “You will find him at the Elk’s Club."

You Will Find Him at the Elk's Club, c. 1927

James VanDerZee

A work made of 16mm color film (transferred to digital video, projection), sound; 5 min. 49 sec..

Mine, 1991

William Kentridge

A work made of gelatin silver print.

3:15 a.m. Going to work: standing room only now, on the Wolwekraal-Marabastad bus, which is licensed to carry 62 sitting and 29 standing passengers, 1983, printed 2007

David Goldblatt

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

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A dark-skinned man shouts and holds a sign that reads “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me a Nigger. Stop the War Now!”. He walks down the street surrounded by fellow protesters.

First Anti-Vietnam War March, 1967

LeRoy Henderson

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

Deas McNeil, the Barber, 1976, printed 2005

Dawoud Bey

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water or Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Hausa

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

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

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

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of .1: pieced of 15 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats .2: pieced of 12 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats.

Woman's Kente Wrappers, Mid–20th century

Ewe

A work made of gold.

Feline Figurine, 250–550 CE

Moche

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in looped edging, pearl, roman, stem, trammed overcast and a variation on twisted chain or lateral looping stitches.

Fragment from a Royal Overskirt (ncaka kot), Probably early 19th century and possibly as early as the 18th century

Bushongo

A work made of charcoal with smudging, erasing and red crayon on ivory wove paper.

Drawing from "Zeno Writing" (circular building II), 2002

William Kentridge

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

Sculpture of wooden panels shaped like an abstract chair with a deep narrow base.

Lever #1, 1988/89

Martin Puryear

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