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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

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

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

Kuba

A work made of wood and pigment.

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

Bwa

A work made of terracotta.

Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood inlaid with mother of pearl.

Pair of Clogs (Qabqab), Mid–19th century

A work made of wood and pigment.

Snake Headdress (a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol or Inap), Late 19th/early 20th century

Baga

A work made of boxwood.

Storage-Rack Panel, Late 1920s/40s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

Screenprint of what appears to be a family walking in front of a group of construction workers building a wall. The figures all have dark-brown skin except for one construction worker with white skin. In the family group, a man and a woman hold hands with each other and two small children. The woman and the girl wear yellow dresses and red hats; the boy wears a blue shirt; the man wears a suit and a yellow hat. The workers in the background wear blue.

The Builders, 1974

Jacob Lawrence

Photographic portrait of a medium dark–skinned pregnant woman. She sits on a wooden chair, holding her belly with her right hand and her cheek with her left. The image is divided up into six framed panels arranged in three rows of two panels each.

Oneika I, 1996

Dawoud Bey

A work made of terracotta.

Figural Bottle, Mid–/late 20th century

Lunda

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Mambu), Early/mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of iron, leather, and ivory or bone.

Ceremonial Sword (Ape), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood, metal, and nails.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Dan

A work made of wood and pigment.

Crouching Figure, Late 19th/early 20th century

Luluwa

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Commemorative Head (Mma), Late 18th/early 20th century

Fante

A work made of glass beads, cloth, and leather.

Necklace (Odigba Ifa), Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress (Igi Gelede), Mid- to late 20th century

Yoruba

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