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Woman's Apron

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of layers of cotton, plain weave; pieced and quilted; appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, and a derivative of herringbone stitches; applied plied yarn edging; lined with cotton plain weaves; pieced.

Tunic (Jibbeh), 1885/99

Mahdist peoples

A dark-skinned man shouts and holds a sign that reads “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me a Nigger. Stop the War Now!”. He walks down the street surrounded by fellow protesters.

First Anti-Vietnam War March, 1967

LeRoy Henderson

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water or Storage Container, Early/mid–20th century

Hausa

A full-body, photograph of a nude, female figure in profile. She sits on a pallet of blankets in front of a fireplace, and in the background is an ascending staircase.

Nude, 1925

James VanDerZee

A work made of cotton thread, glass beads, and cowrie shells.

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of .1: pieced of 15 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats .2: pieced of 12 strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats.

Woman's Kente Wrappers, Mid–20th century

Ewe

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in looped edging, pearl, roman, stem, trammed overcast and a variation on twisted chain or lateral looping stitches.

Fragment from a Royal Overskirt (ncaka kot), Probably early 19th century and possibly as early as the 18th century

Bushongo

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Daddy Grace at the Altar with Choir, 1938

James VanDerZee

Sculpture of wooden panels shaped like an abstract chair with a deep narrow base.

Lever #1, 1988/89

Martin Puryear

A work made of charcoal with smudging, erasing and red crayon on ivory wove paper.

Drawing from "Zeno Writing" (circular building II), 2002

William Kentridge

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

Jewel-toned landscape painting. A large green hill dotted with trees rises in the center; the sky is blue with white clouds. Faceless figures in hues of red, blue, yellow, and orange walk from left to right in front of the hill. In the foreground two figures pull a dark blue body from a pond of the same color, while others lay in twisted and disfigured shapes on the ground.

Death of the Infant Bethel, 1965

Bob Thompson

A work made of gold.

Feline Figurine, 250–550 CE

Moche

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Storage Vessel (Msuko), Possibly late 20th century

Chewa

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Bowl with Black Interlocking Lattice on Interior; White Interlocking Squared Spirals on Exterior, 1300–1400

Cibola

Terracotta sculpture of a woman of African descent's face: her hair is flattened against her skull, extending down to the figure’s neck, and its texture is delineated with small incisions. Her face possesses a prominent forehead, broad nose, and full lips. The sculpture is both highly individual yet also timeless and universal.

Head of a Black Woman, c. 1935

Sargent Claude Johnson

A work made of deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth.

War Shirt, 1830–40

Missouri

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Dunes, Indiana, 1963

Robert Earl Wilson

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