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

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of limestone.

Church Lady, 1933–37

William Edmondson

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, c. 1960

Malick Sidibé

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (I Pose with my Cap) [Sans titre (Je pose avec ma casquette)], c. 1965

Malick Sidibé

A work made of pieced cotton, polyester, cellulose acetate, silk, rayon and acrylic, plain weaves; some with supplementary warps some forming cut voided pile; some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some printed; plain weave derived float weave; twill weaves, some printed; satin weave; and machine knitting; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton threads.

"Housetop Half-Log Cabin" Quilt, c. 1975

Jessie T. Pettway

A work made of colored inks, with touches of silver metallic paint, on fabric.

Abstraction, 1970

Sam Gilliam

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile; wrapped with cotton.

Hanging, 1980

Thoko Zile

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (New York, Harlem), from the series "A Man Becomes Invisible" (1952), 1952

Gordon Parks

A work made of charcoal, pastel, ink, graphite, pen and inks and watercolor on ivory wove paper.

Sketchbook, 1937–42

Charles White

A work made of toned gelatin silver print with mixed media.

Mama Wata, 1995

Radcliffe Bailey

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern, 18th/19th century

Asante

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

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of acrylic on cream wove paper with commercially printed text.

Beach of Silenus, 1964

Bob Thompson

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Rug, 1938

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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

Mikki Ferrill

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Jeanette and Floyd Simpson Wedding, 1988

Kerry Coppin

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Seated Figure with Arm Raised, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Watercolor painting of a bright-pink bedroom with skewed perspective and flattened forms. Placed diagonally is a bed with a yellow bedframe and red striped sheets. In the center background is a blue dresser with an oval mirror, and on the right is a doorway through we can see a black-skinned figure holding something, possibly a baby.

Virginia Interior, 1942

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Double-exposure Self-portrait in Place du paysan noir (Black Farmer Square), 1965-75

Ibrahima Sanlé Sory

Human figures in many colors wearing hats stand with their heads down near a yellow figure upside down, entwined with another figure, on a purple horse. The yellow figure is the only one in the work with facial features.

The Procession, 1963

Bob Thompson

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