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A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress (Egungun or Gelede), Early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Hats and Men Cram onto Train No. 3, c. 1965

Ernest Cole

A work made of hippopotamus tooth.

Pendant, 19th/20th century

Luba

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary Heads, 200–300 CE

Maya

A work made of plant fibers.

Basketry Jar, 1890–1915

Apache: San Carlos Apache

A sepia-toned still from a video work. A tall African American man dressed in a trench coat, a hat, and sneakers kicks a metal bucket down a street at night. A white car passes by and streetlamps illuminate the scene.

Phat Free, 1995/99

David Hammons

A work made of wood and plant fibers.

Hair Comb, Early 20th century

A black woman wearing a white shirt and black trousers looks back while dancing, arms stretched, blurry, moving towards the camera as she leans forward. Behind her, a man in an all-white suit, black sunglasses, and a hat stands wide with his hands blurry too, his mouth open like he's saying something.

Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970-80), 1972

Mikki Ferrill

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Seated Chieftain, 100 BCE–250 CE

Colima

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in running stitches cut to form pile; couching; two panels joined.

Double Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of bands of cotton and wool, weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave, plain weave with paired warp, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and bands of slit tapestry weave.

Arkilla Kerka (Wedding Hanging), Mid–20th century

Fulani

A work made of 15 strips joined: cotton and viscose-rayon, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and areas of discontinuous wefts forming openwork.

Woman's Wrapper (Aso Oke), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of terracotta.

Vessel, Mid–20th century

Igbo

A vividly colored self-portrait in oil paint by the artist Beauford Delaney. Delaney depicts himself using bold, thick strokes of paint. His skin tone is polychromatic and contrasted by a mustard yellow background. He wears a blue shirt with accents of red and bright red hat.

Self-Portrait, 1944

Beauford Delaney

A work made of ceramic with pigment.

Figure of a Standing Warrior, 650–800

Maya

A work made of wood and pigment.

Male Face Mask (Zamble), Possibly early or mid–20th century

Guro

Armlet (Gungulu)

Armlet (Gungulu), Late 19th/early 20th century

Gurunsi

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk weft-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading and supplementary wrapping wefts; embroidered with cotton, wool and silk in pattern darning and stem stitches; cut tassels; warp fringe with wool wrapping wefts and attached knotted cut fringes.

Woman's Wrapper, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of 16mm color film, sound, transferred to digital video (projection); 8:15 min..

Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old, 1991

William Kentridge

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