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A work made of wood and beads.

Female Figure, Early/mid–20th century

Hehe

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon, Mid–19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of wood with oil.

Half Figure (Nlo Byeri), Late 19th-early 20th century

Fang

Black bronze statue of African American man, shackles broken, sitting on tree stump.

The Freedman, Modeled 1862–63

John Quincy Adams Ward

A work made of wood.

Qur'an Stand (Marufaa), Early/mid–20th century

Swahili

A work made of wood and copper alloy.

Standing Male Figure (Mankishi), Late 19th/early 20th century

Songye

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Teardrop I, 1996

Magdalene Odundo

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Vessel for Serving Beer, 1940/1950

Northern Nguni

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 terracotta.

Water or Palm Wine Container (Iti or Udu), Mid–20th century

Igbo

Print in black ink of of a black male sprawled on his back with eyes open, a noose around his neck. The feet of several other men are visible near him at the top of the print.

And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47), 1947, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headrest (Musawu), Late 19th to early 20th century

Yaka

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mask for Egungun (Ere Egungun), Late 19th century

Yoruba

A colorful wedding scene with a dark-skinned bride in red and a groom in black at center, their backs to the viewer. A minister cloaked in black stands between them, a dense wall of flowers or perhaps a floral pattern behind him. The group is flanked by two figures and panels of geometric stained glass.

The Wedding, 1948

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of copper alloy.

Container for Gold Dust, Snuff, or Tobacco (Adakawa), Mid–/late 19th century

Akan-speaking peoples

A work made of wood.

Helmet Mask (Sowei), Early to mid-20th century

Sherbro

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Bottle, Early/mid–20th century

Ngbandi

A work made of wood.

Support Post (Toguna), Early/mid–20th century

Dogon

A work made of oil on panel.

Nubian Woman, 1825/30

Jules Robert Auguste

A colorful screenprint that depicts abstracted figures dancing. A brown-skinned man wearing a black suit and orange shoes energetically dances with a brown-skinned woman wearing a yellow dress and blue shoes. To the right of the woman are orange shapes that resemble musical instruments. The background is divided into blocks of color—the top left is pale yellow, the top right is white, and the bottom third is filled with vertical blue stripes.

Jitterbugs II, c. 1941

William H. Johnson

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