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A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in overcast and stem with running stitches cut to form pile; couching.

Panel, Early/mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in buttonhole, pearl, and stem stitches, and running stitches cut to form pile; edged with raffia and hemp, plain weave, 2:2 oblique interlacing, and raffia-wrapped-raffia cord.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, Late 19th century-early 20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Mushenge

A work made of center field: raffia, plain weave; stamped or painted; borders: alternating bands of cotton and raffia, plain and twill weaves; resist dyed, painted, or stamped; and raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in running stitches cut to form pile; all edged with raffia, plain weave with knotted, cut pompons; end: raffia, plain weave; tie-dyed; joined with raffia yarns in pearl stitches.

Man's Overskirt, 20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weaves; pieced; appliqúed with plain weaves in pearl stitches; embroidered in pearl stitches; edged with bands of cotton, warp-stripe warp-float faced twill weave; cotton, plain weave; pieced and hemmed in slip and pearl stitches; and cotton, warp-float faced alternating float weave; joined with raffia in pearl and twisted insertion stitches.

Ceremonial Skirt, Late 19th century

Kuba

A work made of 60 panels joined: cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed indigo.

Ndop Display Cloth, Early/mid–20th century (before 1937)

Bamum

Ndop Display Cloth

Ndop Display Cloth, Probably 1950s

Grassfields Kingdoms

A work made of iron.

Escalera de caracol (Staircase), 1984

Juan Muñoz

A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper.

Olive Trees, Corfu, 1909

John Singer Sargent

A work made of engraving on laid paper.

The Son Receiving His Heritage, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving in black on laid paper.

Thomiris, Queen of the Scyths, with the Head of Cyrus, 1630

Paul Pontius

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, on pieced cream laid paper.

Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome, c. 1600

Willem van Nieuwlandt, II

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

The Son Feeding the Swine, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

The Son Chased out of the Brothel, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

The Son Wasting his Heritage with Riotous Living, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

The Son Saying Farewell, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

The Return of the Prodigal Son, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe, I

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

St. Luke, from The Four Evangelists, 1539

Heinrich Aldegrever

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

St. Mark, from The Four Evangelists, 1539

Heinrich Aldegrever

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Judith and Her Servant, 1520–30

Hans Sebald Beham

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