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A work made of wood, pigment, and kaolin.

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

Yoruba

Frament of a mural from the city of Teotihuacan mural painted in red and white tones that depicts a ritual figure with speach scroll and scatting sacred bjects.

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual, 500–600 CE

Teotihuacan

A work made of oil on masonite.

Desert Forms, 1957

Hughie Lee-Smith

A work made of wood and pigment.

Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo), Late 19th or early 20th century

Igbo

A work made of terracotta.

Bottle, Late 19th/early 20th century

Ambundu

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Kponyungo), 19th to early 20th century

Senufo

A work made of wood, copper alloy, and pigment.

Female Face Mask (Ndoma), Late 19th or mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of wood and pigment.

Male Figure (Singiti), Mid 19th-early 20th century

Hemba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Tray (Opon Ifa), Mid–20th century, probably 1930s

Yoruba

A work made of wood, kaolin, and pigment.

Dance Staff, Late 19th/early 20th century

Baule

A work made of oil on canvas.

Kitchen Scene, 1618/20

Diego Velázquez

A work made of basalt.

Head of Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize, 1400–1500

Aztec (Mexica)

Painting of a red three-story house with two chimneys, dark-skinned women and small children looking out of its many windows and playing hoops in the front yard.

A Mansion at Prairie Avenue, around 1955

Irene Clark

A work made of terracotta and enamel paint.

Container for Water or Beer, Mid–/late 20th century

Shona

A work made of wood, pigment, and sacrificial material.

Male Figure, Possibly 18th century

Dogon

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Vessel (Ukhamba), Late 20th century

Magwaza Family

Small woman seated on a pedestal with a large human-sized drum on her head.

Female Caryatid Drum (Pinge), c. 1930-c. 1950

Senufo

A work made of wood, beads, and traces of pigment.

Female Figure with Bowl, Late 19th century

Abogunde of Ede

A work made of terracotta and kaolin.

Water Container (Chilongo Chakumuto), Mid–/late 20th century

Makonde

A work made of wood, pigment, and fiber.

Figure Screen (Duein Fubara), Early 20th century

Kalabari

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