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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, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

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

Fante

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

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

Asante

A work made of boxwood.

Storage-Rack Panel, Late 1920s/40s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

A work made of wood, kaolin, raffia, and nails.

Mask (Mukudj), Late 19th/early 20th century

Ashiru

A work made of fiber and copper alloy.

Hat (Botolo), 20th century

Ekonda

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, glass beads, and thread.

Ceremonial Staff, Mid–20th century (before 1962)

Tutsi

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

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

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

Yoruba

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 wood.

Shrine Figure (a-Tshol, Elëk, or ma-Tshol), Late 19th or early 20th century

Baga

A carved wooden figure wearing a conical hat, with an elongated neck, torso, and arms, sitting on a stool and holding a drinking vessel and a horn.

Portrait Figure of Metang, the 10th King of Batufam, c. 1912-1914

Bamileke

A work made of terracotta.

Bottle, Early/mid–20th century

Teke

A work made of cotton cloth, glass beads, mother of pearl beads, thread, leather, wool, and metal.

Wedding Ensemble for a Groom (Umyeni), 1950s

Thembu

A work made of boxwood.

Pair of Storage-Rack Panels, Late 1920s/1940s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

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