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A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nhlanhla Mofokeng, Katlehong, Johannesburg, from the series "Faces & Phases", 2012, printed 2014

Zanele Muholi

A work made of wool, fiber, and pigment.

Man’s Hat (Ntamp), Mid–20th century

Bamileke

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 amber, copal, or synthetic materials resembling amber.

Necklace, 20th century

Tuareg

A work made of inkjet print.

Before long travel, August 23, 1972, 2017

Rachel Monosov

A work made of copper alloy.

Pendant, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of nylon and polypropylene hair, amber, coral, shell, silver, carnelian, and glass beads.

Head Ornament, After 1960

Tekna

Red and black colored photograph of an African American man with several scars on his back, the title etched in glass on top of the image.

Black and Tanned Your Whipped Wind of Change Howled Low Blowing Itself - Ha - Smack into the Middle of Duke Ellington's Orchestra Billie Heard It Too & Cried Strange Fruit Tears, 1995

Carrie Mae Weems

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Deas McNeil, the Barber, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1976, printed by 1979

Dawoud Bey

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered with raffia.

Panel Originally Intended as a Ceremonial Skirt, 1901/83

Kuba

A photograph of an empty parking lot at night. A mangled tree leans on the rear of a white semi-truck, which is illuminated by a tall street light. The sky is dark blue; debris is scatted on the ground of the parking lot; houses and cars are visibly in the background.

for everyone a garden VII, from the series "for everyone a garden", 2013

David Hartt

A work made of cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe.

Kente Wrapper, 1900/50

Ewe

A work made of terracotta.

Vessel for Serving Beer, Mid–20th century

Northern Nguni

Color photograph, divided into six panels, of two seated women looking at camera.

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II, 1994

Dawoud Bey

Black-and-white photograph of formally dressed light-skinned black men and women posed indoors in two rows around a banner that reads “Monte Carlo Sporting Club Org 1934.”

Monte Carlo Sporting Club, 1934

James VanDerZee

Black-and-white photograph of fourteen African American men in two rows in a small wallpapered room. All wear silk shirts, cummerbunds, and Fez hats. One man, back row center wears a tuxedo and a Fez hat.

Elks, c. 1935

James VanDerZee

A work made of terracotta.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of cotton, eight narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; resist painted and printed.

Young Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper (N'Gale), 1988

Djowari Suko

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Mortuary Portrait, 1933

James VanDerZee

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

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

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