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A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Bottle, Early/mid–20th century

Ngbandi

A work made of seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords.

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), Before 1930

Ngwane

A work made of wood.

Support Post (Toguna), Early/mid–20th century

Dogon

A colorful screenprint that depicts abstracted figures dancing. A brown-skinned man wearing a black suit and orange shoes energetically dances with a brown-skinned woman wearing a yellow dress and blue shoes. To the right of the woman are orange shapes that resemble musical instruments. The background is divided into blocks of color—the top left is pale yellow, the top right is white, and the bottom third is filled with vertical blue stripes.

Jitterbugs II, c. 1941

William H. Johnson

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Teardrop I, 1996

Magdalene Odundo

A work made of rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning.

Kente Wrapper, 1901/50

Asante

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

"Fortress" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of wood, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

Female Figure (Akua'ba), Mid–19th or early 20th century

Fante

A work made of boxwood.

Storage-Rack Panel, Late 1920s/40s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

View from the middle of a train station looking down three different corridors. Tunnels are marked with the names of southern cities to the left, northern to the right. Light-skinned travelers, many in fine dress, head left, while dark-skinned travelers, many encumbered by luggage, head right.

Train Station, 1935

Walter Ellison

A work made of wood, brass, copper, and iron.

Figure (Mbulu Ngulu), Late 19th-early 20th century

Kota

A work made of terracotta.

One of a Pair of Shrine Figures, Late 19th/early 20th century

Ewe

A work made of wood, fabric, and pigment.

Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo), Early/mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of wood, copper alloy, and iron.

Horn, Late 19th-early 20th century

Kuba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Fish Mask, Late 19th/early 20th century

Bwa

A work made of wood, iron nails, and traces of pigment.

Stool, Late 19th or early 20th century

Igbo

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Standing Male Figure, Mid–19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Abstract mixed-media work featuring a fan-shaped piece of torn paper mounted on a painted rectangle. Each piece is painted in broad strokes of green, white, gray, black, and red in discrete and comingled sections.

Untitled, 1957

Ed Clark

A work made of glass beads, fabric, thread, and copper alloy.

Crown (Ade), Late 19th to mid-20th century

Yoruba

A work made of fiber and copper alloy.

Hat (Botolo), 20th century

Ekonda

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