Curator

Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition

A work made of wood, pigment, and raffia.

Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu), Early/mid–20th century

Pende

A work made of wood, raffia, and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Kholuka or Mbala), Late 19th-early 20th century

Yaka

A work made of wood and pigment.

Mother-and-Child Figure (Bwanga bwa Chibola), Mid–late 19th century

Luluwa

A work made of glass beads, fabric, thread, and copper alloy.

Crown (Ade), Late 19th to mid-20th century

Yoruba

A work made of animal hide and beads.

Modesty Apron, 1850–1950

Turkana

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

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

Yoruba

A work made of wood, pigment, and sacrificial material.

Male Figure, Possibly 18th century

Dogon

A work made of wood, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

Female Figure (Akua'ba), Mid–19th or early 20th century

Fante

A work made of wood.

Headrest (Isicamelo or Isigqiki), 19th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of wood, horn, quills, and sacrificial material.

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

Bamana

A work made of blackened terracotta.

Vessel (Ukhamba), 1970/90

Azolina MaMncube Ngema

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Banda or Kumbaduba), Mid–20th century

Baga

A work made of wood.

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

Sherbro

A work made of wood and pigment.

Container (Opon Igede), Early 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of gold and red ochre.

Pectoral Disk (Akrafokonmu or Awisiado), Early to mid-20th century

Asante

A work made of wood and pigment.

Tray (Opon Ifa), Mid–20th century, probably 1930s

Yoruba

A work made of wood, iron, nails, fiber, and sacrificial materials.

Headdress (Jagún Jagún), Mid– late 19th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood and pigment.

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

Bwa

A work made of ivory.

Tapper (Iroke Ifa), 17th or 18th century

Yoruba

A work made of wood and rubber.

Mask, Late 19th century

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