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A work made of wood, raffia, burlap, turaco feathers, guinea fowl feathers, and pigment.

Male Face Mask (Chihongo), Mid–late 19th century

Chokwe

A work made of wood and copper alloy.

Altar Head for a Chief, 19th/early 20th century

Edo

A work made of wood and pigment.

Face Mask (Sirige), 19th/20th century

Dogon

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress (Ago Egungun), Mid–late 19th century

Yoruba

A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted. The central panel features the Virgin Mary and and Child flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael, twelve disciples below them in grid formation.

Triptych Icon, Late 17th century

A work made of terracotta and kaolin.

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

Makonde

Print in black ink of a group of mostly dark-skinned children wearing dress clothes and cone-shaped party hats, gathered around a birthday cake. A girl at center smiles brightly while a boy at the table behind her looks glum. A woman behind the table moves to cut the cake as another looks on.

Birthday Party, 1957

Margaret Burroughs

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mask for Egungun (Ere Egungun), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

Altar Bell

Altar Bell, 19th/20th century

Edo

Large panel of fabric covered in West African text, grid patterns, and squares of animal hide.

Talismanic Textile, Late 19th/early 20th century

A work made of wood and plant fibers.

Hair Comb, Early 20th century

A work made of wood, pigment, glass beads, cowrie shells, fabric, and thread.

Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash), Late 19th-mid 20th century

Kuba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Plank Mask, Early/mid–20th century

Bwa

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; five panels joined; finished at both ends with knotted and braided warp fringe.

Panel (Lamba Mpanjaka), 1997

Antoine Rakotoarinala

A work made of terracotta and sacrificial material.

Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa), Late 19th/early 20th century

Kwahu

Black charcoal drawing of two field workers with scythe.

Harvest Talk, 1953

Charles White

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Water Container (Jidaga), Early/mid–20th century

Bamana

A work made of wood, cloth, mud, and sacrificial material.

Zoomorphic Figure (Boli), Mid-early 20th century

Bamana

A work made of rattan, wood, and twine.

Container, 18th/19th century

Kongo

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

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