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A warm-toned watercolor painting of a crowd in a medical waiting room. On the left, brown-skinned figures wait in a line that extends into the background toward the right. Other brown-skinned figures sit on a bench in the foreground. The figures are represented in a variety of ways that indicate physical injury—some have crutches and others wear white bandages. Scientific and medical instruments are painted on the walls.

Free Clinic, 1937

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Bottle, Mid–20th century

Lozi

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Ritual Healing (Itinate or Kwandalowa), Mid–20th century

Cham

A work made of wood and metal.

Female Figure, Early 20th century

Nyamwezi

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Monkey, 18th/early 20th century

Akan-speaking peoples

A work made of cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton and rayon, plain weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, detached chain, flat, and stem stitches; couching; borders of wool felt and cotton, plain weaves; backed with wool, plain weave.

Royal Pheasants, 1980

Fon

A work made of terracotta.

Jar (Wékéru), Early/mid–20th century

Bargu

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Dance Staff (Oshe Sango), Early 20th century

Yoruba

A group of black children stand closely together, gazing out at the viewer. They wear brightly colored and patterened clothing made of African fabrics; one child stands in front of the others with his arms outstretched in a protective gesture, wearing a belt and sash that identify him as part of a school safety patrol.

The Safety Patrol, 2018

Bisa Butler

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

A work made of wood.

Cup, Probably early 20th century

Wongo

A work made of 60 panels joined: cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed indigo.

Ndop Display Cloth, Early/mid–20th century (before 1937)

Bamum

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid Surmounted by Spiral, Mid–18th/early 20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Liquids, Early/mid–20th century

Mambila

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nuna

A work made of chromogenic print.

Converging Territories #21, 2004

Lalla Assia Essaydi

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress for Efe Gelede, Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

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

Tapper (Iroke Ifa), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of cotton, indigo dyed; sixteen strips of plain weave, joined by hand stitching; embroidered with wool in chain stitches; edged with cotton, buttonhole stitched uncut fringe.

Ogboni Chief's Wrapper, 1900/50

Yoruba

Black-and-white etching of students with dark skin walking, escorted by white man. On the left behind a short barrier, a crowd of men with white skin gesture angrily and yell at the students. One man wears what appears to be a pointed cloak, like those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. A white man with a dog stands between the men and the students.

First Day of School, 1965

Vincent Smith

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