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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

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 painted leather and fabric.

Eshu (The Trickster), 1971

Betye Saar

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 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 layers of cotton, plain weave; pieced and quilted; appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, and a derivative of herringbone stitches; applied plied yarn edging; lined with cotton plain weaves; pieced.

Tunic (Jibbeh), 1885/99

Mahdist peoples

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

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of terracotta and slip.

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

Hausa

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 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 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 dark photograph of silhouettes dancing in a large room. There are two figures in motion at the center, while others congregate around the edges of the photograph’s frame.

Dancers, New York, 1956, printed 1982

Roy DeCarava

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

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

A work made of gold.

Feline Figurine, 250–550 CE

Moche

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Storage Vessel (Msuko), Possibly late 20th century

Chewa

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