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A work made of copper, bronze, and brass.

Cross, Mid–/late 15th century

Historical black and white photographical portrait of Black man in a suit, gold frame.

Frederick Douglass, 1847-52

Samuel J. Miller

A work made of wood, pigment, chalk, monkey(?) fur, leather, metal, and twine.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Bete

A work made of terracotta.

Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa), Mid–/late 20th century

Kwahu

A work made of wood and pigment.

Plank Mask (Luruya), Late 19th or early 20th century

Bwa

A work made of terracotta.

Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of boxwood.

Storage-Rack Panel, Late 1920s/40s

Zizwezenyanga Qwabe

Mask with protruding stylized elephant trunk, red feather pom-pom, attached beard.

Helmet Mask (Mukenga), Possibly late 19th to mid -20th century

Kuba

A work made of wood and pigment.

Snake Headdress (a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol or Inap), Late 19th/early 20th century

Baga

A work made of terracotta.

Figural Bottle, Mid–/late 20th century

Lunda

A work made of wood inlaid with mother of pearl.

Pair of Clogs (Qabqab), Mid–19th century

Screenprint of what appears to be a family walking in front of a group of construction workers building a wall. The figures all have dark-brown skin except for one construction worker with white skin. In the family group, a man and a woman hold hands with each other and two small children. The woman and the girl wear yellow dresses and red hats; the boy wears a blue shirt; the man wears a suit and a yellow hat. The workers in the background wear blue.

The Builders, 1974

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Mambu), Early/mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of wood and pigment.

Crouching Figure, Late 19th/early 20th century

Luluwa

A work made of iron, leather, and ivory or bone.

Ceremonial Sword (Ape), Mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood, metal, and nails.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Dan

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Commemorative Head (Mma), Late 18th/early 20th century

Fante

A work made of glass beads, cloth, and leather.

Necklace (Odigba Ifa), Late 19th/early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "turkish" (ghiordes) knots.

Carpet, 1875–1900

A work made of etching on paper.

African Dance, from Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu, 1928, published 1932

Georges Rouault

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