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Painting of three black youths gardening, residential towers loom in the background.

Many Mansions, 1994

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of wood, pigment, and fur.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Adiukru

Print in black ink of a black boy sitting on a stool. Behind him looms a skeleton in a white hooded costume holding a noose. The skeleton is held back by a larger-than-life black man in glasses, William Patterson, who reaches in from the right side of the image wearing a banner that reads, "CRC."

Civil Rights Congress, 1949

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of wood and gold leaf.

Linguist Staff with Rooster and Hen (Okyeame Poma), Early/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta.

Bottle, Early/mid–20th century

Zande

Print in thick black lines of two women, pictured from the shoulders up, in front of three apartment buildings. The woman on the left wears a headwrap. She looks directly at the viewer with eyebrows raised and mouth slightly frowning. The woman on the right is in profile, looking at the other woman.

Special Houses, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47), 1946, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of wood and metal.

Male Face Mask (N'tomo), Late 19th or early 20th century

Bamana

A work made of wood, raffia, and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Kholuka or Mbala), Late 19th-early 20th century

Yaka

A work made of wood, glass beads, and thread.

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

Tutsi

A work made of wood.

Headdress for Gelede (Igi), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Female Figure (Bateba Phuwe), Late 19th or early 20th century

Lobi

A work made of wood, pigment, and fiber.

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

Dogon

Historical black and white photographical portrait of Black man in a suit, gold frame.

Frederick Douglass, 1847-52

Samuel J. Miller

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

Stool, Late 19th or early 20th century

Igbo

A work made of copper, bronze, and brass.

Cross, Mid–/late 15th century

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

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of wood, pigment, chalk, monkey(?) fur, leather, metal, and twine.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Bete

A work made of terracotta.

Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa), Mid–/late 20th century

Kwahu

A work made of wood and pigment.

Plank Mask (Luruya), Late 19th or early 20th century

Bwa

Mask with protruding stylized elephant trunk, red feather pom-pom, attached beard.

Helmet Mask (Mukenga), Possibly late 19th to mid -20th century

Kuba

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