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Large pot with flaring midsection and tapering shoulder; decorated with incised textured half-circles below mouth and band of leaf-like shapes alternating with 4 triangles between 3 textured bands — Beer pot, mid 20th century
Zulu

G236

ritual beadwork with face and sixteen birds mounted on the crown; long fringe hangs from crown — Crown, about 1920
Yoruba

G236

vessel with handle, surmounted by female head; opening of vessel is through top of figure's headdress; surface has glossy appearance; dark clay body — Vessel, 1930
Mangbetu

G236

salmon-colored terracotta; rounded bottom section with small flat foot; rather long, wide neck with asymmetrical forms with three points; tilted, diagonal wide rim — Vessel, 1985
Magdalene Odundo

G236

Tabwa Mask, colored glass beads, feathers, cloth raffia and skin, Zambia late XIX-early XXc. — Mask, second quarter of 20th century
Tabwa

G236

Bowl, Havu — Bowl, 20th century
Havu

G236

Beaded Apron (Jocolo), South Africa — Beaded Apron (Jocolo), 20th century
South Africa

G236

Round bodied vessel with short, slightly tapered neck and flaring mouth; neck decorated with three pairs of tan and light brown stripes, brown stripe with tan diagonal lines and large tan stripe under mouth — Pot, Date Unknown
Djenne

G236

metal spring with incised decoration; flat circle of metal at end of each coil, with incised lines — Currency, 20th century
Igbo

G236

six strips stitched together with a narrow tan, white, brown and yellow patterned band at center; cream, dark brown and tan with touches of bright yellow-orange; central motifs with diamonds and triangles--similar motifs at each end flanked by a brown band with white, brown and yellow diamonds and a brown band with broken white line at center; some twisted tassels at short sides — Blanket, second half of 20th century
Fulani

G236

flat bell shaped piece of iron; slight convex curve with 6- 1/2" handle extending from flat end; mottled brown surface that is irregular; darkened sections along handle and outer edges — Currency, mid 20th century
Angas or Afo

G236

beaded crown; shells and small and large beads; three projections along top; front and sides beaded; center back of hat is plain except along edges; top section with knobs is an added three-dimensional section; lined; beads are red, white, black, yellow and olive — Hat, Date Unknown
Kuba

G236

Whistle is fully beaded with blue, white, and red and is attached to a cloth strap — Whistle, 1940s
Grasslands

G236

rectangular brown pouch; beaded overall with repeating diamond bands in red and white with blue and white horizontal center band and black beads on ground; blue and white beaded bands at top; beaded tassels at bottom of blue, black and white; strap beaded with black, red and white beads; received mounted with Plexi cover — Tobacco pouch, Date Unknown
Xhosa

G236

sleeveless pullover shirt; cream ground fabric; hem flares outward at bottom; round neckline; wide sleeve openings trimmed at inside in various printed fabrics; neckline, front chest area and upper back embroidered in yellow, orange, mint green, blue, tan, and black with four horizontal elements on chest, V-shaped medallion at center of chest and knot on upper back — Man's shepherd shirt, Date Unknown
Fulani

G236

black with multi-colored bands of piecework and embroidery; yellow and brown patterned fabric at shoulders; maroon colored fabric under arms and between legs; burlap lining — Dance Costume, 20th century
Igbo

G236

strip woven, with supplementary weft patterning — Asa Oke Elephant Pattern Wrappers, 20th century
Yoruba

G236

street art style portrait of two boys against orange and black background; boy at L holds head down slightly while looking up toward viewer, wearing a white shirt; boy at L looks outward, wearing red and black shirt; collage of painted, slashed newspaper and paper pulp — Les Winzins de Djamtala 1, 2017
Armand Boua

G236

cream colored ceramic vase with pale green shading at the top and bottom; faux crackling throughout; brown dimensional script throughout; oblong in shape with a thin neck and small opening — White Vase, 2016
Khaled Ben Slimane

G236

circular body, lower body angled to small circular foot; long neck terminated by a wide flaring mouth; black high gloss glaze; thin wall construction — Reduced Black Piece, 1990
Magdalene Odundo

G236

indigo and light blue; three panels; alternating floral and dot pattern rows of indigo thread embroidery running length of fabric; folded and sewn hems at each short edge; dyed design on one side; light blue pattern and indigo background: two bands along each short edge; two line designs in indigo border on one short edge; diagonal pattern of turtles with large circular shells, long rectangular tails filled with indigo dots; decorative curved lines and circles around turtles; dot pattern throughout — Tortoise pattern adire wrapper, 20th century
Yoruba

G236

Round-bodied jar with small, short foot; opening for lid has 2 notches; lid has large knob; jar covered overall with rows of protruding nubs; nubs on lid and sides of knob — Jar with lid, mid 20th century
Lobi

G236

Throwing Knife, 1930-1960

Ngbaka

G236

Bundle of currency, Date Unknown

Loma

G236

Currency Blade, c. 1900

Lokele

G236

Blue Woven Trousers and Top, 20th century

Yoruba

G236

Iron currency, 1900-1950

Kwele

G236

Iron currency, 1900-1950

Ga'anda

G236

Iron currency, 1900-1950

Idoma

G236

Blade, Date Unknown

Topoke

G236

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