stool with case in the form of a standing woman with her arms upraised, holding seat of stool; woman has abstracted, elongated face with half-circle eyes and oval mouth with regular, gritted teeth; short hair in arcing ribs; lozenge-shaped breasts, pointing outward; elongated neck with four ribs (necklaces?); raised elements (scarifications?) on lower back; thick legs; flat feet with separated toes; medium to dark brown patina — Caryatid stool, c. 1910
Master of Lusambo or workshop

G250

black and white photograph of a large hedge with bench inside a cut-away section of hedge; brick path along right side — Remnant of a wild almond hedge planted in 1660 to keep the indigenous Khoi out of the first European settlement in South Africa. Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, May 16, 1993 (printed 2015)
David Goldblatt

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rectangular with four legs; projections sticking out both short ends, one holds an open bowl, the other appears to be stylized and elongated animal head; body contains 12 carved out round compartments — Gameboard (ma kpon), 2nd half of 20th century
Son of Nuopie

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four horizontal panels with multiple figures in various poses: standing, riding bicycles, riding animals, seated; incised horizontal bars divide panels — Palace door, early 20th century
Dada Areogun, a.k.a Areogun of Osi-Ilorin

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Mende Society Mask, wood and raffia, Mende Tribe, Sierra Leone, Africa, XIX c. Msmt.s of helmet only. *Med.Raffia ?- Poss. Human Hair! — Sande mask, second quarter of 20th century
Mende

G254

mudcloth skirt; patterns: Carree and Tieblinke kun — Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century
Koniba Diarra from village of Kolokani

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mudcloth skirt; design in central panel: Saa ni kili — Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century
Guancho Diarra from village of Kolokani

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standing male figure wearing hooked hat/headgear with flat brim; eyes are white buttons; deep rectangular cavity in abdomen; wide, flat nose; vertical scarifications on face; wide mouth with thin protruding lips; wedge-shaped beard (?); medium wood tone; attached to black base — Power figure, late 19th-early 20th century
Master of Mayama , or his workshop

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Leopard Aquamanile, Bronze, Benin Culture, Africa, XVIIc; covered with incised spots and smnall punch marks. Rare example. — Water pitcher, 18th century
Edo

G250

wood column with seated female figure; bare chest with protruding breasts, wearing thick wood necklace; figure wears conical head piece with linear designs; additional piece extending off hat, possibly braid of hair; holds small child in lap, with small dog seated at PL of figure; child on PR side of figure holding a cylindrical objects in hands; small child on back of seated figure; figures sits on wood stool, with piece of flat board on top of head; traces of cracked mud on surface throughout — Veranda post, 1925-1950
Dada Areogun, a.k.a Areogun of Osi-Ilorin

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black ground with brown and gold patterning — Boat-Pattern Panel with Pseudo-Kufic Script, second half of 20th century
Shop of Abdelkarim and Othman Ben Cherif

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Green ground with gold and red patterning; lampus construction, with Birds and Pseudo-Kufic Script — Panel, second half of 20th century
Shop of Abdelkarim and Othman Ben Cherif

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Salvador, Nicolas Africano; Publisher: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis — Salvador, 1992
Nicolas Africano; Publisher: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis

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tusk, ivory, Benin Culture, Nigeria, Africa, XVIII c.; a rare ivory tusk from the Kingdom of Benin, finely carved with the figures of warriors, serpents, etc.; the inclusion of the carved figure of the Oba or King, represented with its traditional mudfish, instead of legs, denotes that this was one of the Royal tusks which stood in the great bronze heads on the altar of the Oba's ancestors — Tusk, 1775-1777
Edo

G250

large door; carved jambs, lintel and central post on door; two complete rows remaining of large iron fasteners on door surface; only two remain in lower row; iron chain, plate and securing pin at top right center of door; four pins along center post on door — Door, mid 19th century
Swahili

G242

Kenta Cloth, black and white checkered, cotton, Africa, Mali, XX c. — Man's cloth, 20th century
Ghana

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Two men lying on rocky outcrop, one on his back in a blue shirt, the other on his stomach in a white shirt; blue sky and clouds at UR. Frame: painted black with open carving of birds and flowers. — Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation II, 2009
Kehinde Wiley

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image taken in mirror of Black man in white shirt looking downward at camera; at L if a Black woman in white dress, smiling at viewer; interior of a shop in background; people disappearing behing mirror at R; fuzzy black border; in black frame — Self-portrait with a store assistant at the West African Drug Company, 1952 (printed 2023)
James Barnor

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Coffin of Lady Tashat, Ancient Egyptian — Coffin of Lady Tashat, 945-712 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

orange and black earthenware with simple scraffito overall design — Globular Pot, 20th century
Kongo

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Bowman riding a horse both set on a hollowed spherical support. Radio carbon dated to 945-1235 A.D. — Equestrian figure, about 1450
Djenne

G250

video with animated black and white images on the turning pages of a book; imagery includes man walking and birds; music with vocals; blue presentation box in the form of a book with text from a dictionary at interior; removable cardboard tray with Blu ray DVD and USB flash drive; gold USB drive tied to tan ribbon attached to left side of cardboard tray; WD TVLive streaming media player, power cord, remote and three brochures (technical and warranty guide, connection instructions and promotional brochure) — Second-hand Reading, 2013
William Kentridge; Editor: Snezana Marovic; Composer: Music by Neo Muyanga

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slightly abstracted image of a bullhorn with face of person speaking into it below and behind it; words radiating out of bullhorn: "REMEMBER / DEMOCRACY / RULES / SOUTH / AFRICA / 1994-?"; black and white with greys — Untitled, from "i-jusi", 2010
Wilhelm Kruger

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tan, brown and grey pattern of stripes and 3 stepped arrowheads; short fringe on one side, long twisted and tied fringe on opposite side — Prayer mat, second quarter of 20th century
Sakalava

G242

pinkish orange overall mottled wash; some blotchy vertical green and purple irregular pigment areas particularly at right edge; light stenciled areas in purple and white in the form of continents--two forms of Africa at right center and at left edge, Australia left of center, South America at center — False Start, 1970
Frank Bowling

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Head and shoulder of a pharaoh, wearing headgear; black and tan flecked marble; has own mount — Portrait of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

long horizontal landscape with a parade facing R of horses, bears, griffith, ridden by figures in elaborate costume with oversized stylized heads who are holding staffs, scales, musical instruments; green grassy ground below and blue sky above in which floats imagery from indigenous cultures of North America, Meso-America, and Africa; three banners with lettering at L, C, and R; to R of center is portrait of person in feathered headdress with flesh flayed from neck down, one arm outstretched dropping gold coins from hand — The Waters of Oblivion in Mictlán, 2021
Enrique Chagoya; Printer: Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Calif.; Publisher: Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Calif.

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Hand Amulet; Hand of Fatima metal, red glass cabuchon, enamel — Hand pendant, about 1850
Unknown Arab, Berber, or Jewish

G254

headrest with fluted column on rectangular base; column supports curved oval element on top of smaller rectangle (oval and rectangle are carved from one piece of wood); two wooden pins on one side one on base and one on smaller rectangle — Headrest, c. 2635-2155 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G254

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

G373

folded-over pages of hand-written text with some geometric drawings inside a leather case with two open sides and a flap closure; three additional leather slipcases, each with one open side; all cases are brown with lightly pigmented geometric patterns; approx. 127 pages — Islamic manuscript in case, c. 1900
G242

four-pronged object different shapes on each end; one is half scythe, one is half moon, and one is z-shaped with curl on end; final prong has pointed end — Scepter, 1900-1950
Mbum

G236

paddle-like, large board with crescent shaped "handle" at top; handle covered in dark brown animal hide; rectangular portion has off-white ground and is covered with black text on front and back — Qur'anic board, 1950s
Unknown

G242

Citwamo Ca Mangu (Throne), Moxico School — Citwamo Ca Mangu (Throne), 20th century
Moxico School

G250

Earthenware vase, globular, with curve shaped line design throughout — Globular Vase, 20th century
Ngbandi

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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

X-ray of Lady Tashat is at column in Paintings racks in MS — Cartonnage of Lady Tashat, 945-712 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

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

crucified Jesus on cross with two praying figures seated on crossbar of cross, flanking him; another praying figure with undifferentiated legs at bottom of cross; Jesus has sunburst-like halo; square decorative element with five punched designs at top of cross — Crucifix, 16th-17th century
Kongo

G254

standing female figure wearing short pleated yellow skirt, belt with tan disks, silver blouse, red and black bolero jacket, silver shoes, and silver necklace with flower or star pendant; woman has long black hair and wide eyes; body intertwined with one snake, another snake around woman's neck; attached black metal mount — Mami Wata figure, 1950s
Igbo

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vest, alternating indigo-dyed strip cloth and striped strip cloth, embroidered and appliqued; cotton — Tunic, 20th century
Wodaabe

G236

dark brown; rectangular block above face containing metal floral nail in center surrounded by four smaller, plain metal nails; three similar plain nails on face; three rounded elements on each side of head--hair; horizontal stripes on face on either side of nose; vertical stripes carved over temples on forehead; protruding lips — Do mask, second quarter of 20th century
Ligbi

G242

curved; each clapper in the shape of a thin human arm and hand with long, thin fingers; incised bracelets at each wrist with linear patterns; ivory colored with some tan spotting — Pair of clappers, about 1550-1292 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

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comb with 3 teeth topped with 2 faces; one on top of the other; each face has closed eyes and large, protruding turned-up nose — Comb, mid 20th century
Yaka

G254

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

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

G242

comb topped with triangular head with scarifications below eyes; stylized shoulders and breasts — Comb, 20th century
Akan

G254

Wide mouthed globular pot with band around neck of incised line design. Downward pointed scalloped design. — Wide-Mouthed Globular Pot, 20th century
Luba

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folding design with hinge in center--can be unfolded into X shape or folded flat into paddle shape; saddle-like, when unfolded, with handle with ovoid-shaped serrated metal spatula at end; each side of seat carved with star-asterisk designs in regular geometric grid; medium patina — Coconut-grater stool, mid 20th century
Swahili

G254

Belt, Date Unknown

Kuba

G236

stepped towards center; shallow incised geometric decorative borders on some of the outward facing surfaces; open link chain — Rectangular silver pendant with chain, Date Unknown
Mende

G254

cloth pouch with front flap decorated with beads; design of three stylized faces with interlocking geometric designs; braided leather tassels and handles; attached to square black mount — Bag, 20th century
Yoruba

G254

full head form with small wide facial features; pointed chin; small ears; elaborate crown with round mirrors on four sides; cross form at top of crown; lobes on four elements on crown; geometric incised patterns in hair, with short braided ponytail at back of head; cowrie shell tied with cord around top of crown; dark wood patina — Mask, first half of 20th century
Mende

G254

rectangular box-like metal pendant with incised grid lines on front; stars and linear characters incised in grid squares; dark brown cord threaded through two copper loops — Amulet, first half 20th century
Niger

G242

Pour les Collectioneurs d'Oeuvres d'Art: Monument Symbolique d'Allemagne (for "The Story of the Lion"), 1999

Georges Adéagbo; Printer: Edizioni CTL, Hamburg, Germany; Photographer: Stephan Köhler; Publisher: Edizioni CTL, Hamburg, Germany

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tall, narrow wooden board with two-pronged base, rounded, carved top; widely spaced, horizontal lines of writing on each side of board — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Somalia

G254

standing male figure with knees slightly bent; zigzag patterns on stomach; long hair; 2 strands of multicolored beads around neck — Male figure (one of a pair), c. 1890
Tabwa

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silver wire filigree and openwork tops on silver stem; twelve bells hang from top section, bells are gilded; crowns on top are gilded as well as upright supports on top — Rimmonim (Torah finial) (one of a pair), early 20th century
Morocco

G254

silver wire filigree and openwork tops on silver stem; twelve bells hang from top section, bells are gilded; crowns on top are gilded as well as upright supports on top — Rimmonim (Torah finial) (one of a pair), Date Unknown
Morocco

G254

black and white photograph of street venders selling produce in front of a modern building with a colonnade — Street traders and the colonnade of the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown Sowto, February 7, 2014 (printed 2015)
David Goldblatt

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rectangular board with protruding carved arrow at top; text from Qur'an written in ink on either side of board, surrounded by delicate border; one side has decorations of square spirals across C; the other side has geometric zigzag pattern — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Nigeria

G242

photograph of darkened, non-descript background; the face of a bearded black man emerges in middle center; PR and PL hands also emerge in LLC and LRC; scattered bits of dirt surrounds face and hands — Lefa 5, 2016
Mohau Modisakeng

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round image; white margin; portrait of a black man wearing a black jacket, white shirt and green paisley bow tie and vest which match background; man holds a yellow whistle on a yellow cord in his PL hand; certificate of authenticity in object file in Registration — Frédérick Douglass, 2015
Omar Victor Diop

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8 metal bars of varrying lengths attached to a 3-sided wood container with 2 carved heads at top; plant materials in space at top of bars — Lamellophone, mid 20th century
Luba

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SHIRT, cotton, cotton embroidery and applique, buttons — Man's Dance Tunic, 20th century
Wodaabe Fulani

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beanie-style cap; stitched overall on white ground with bands of geometric patterns, edged in dark brown: yellow, blue, orange, red; red band at bottom — Hat, 20th century
Niger

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standing male and female couple, facing forward; man on L wears short pants and has linear scarifications on checks, with PL hand on woman's neck; woman at R wears a 'soul wishes' medallion hanging from a ribbon around her neck; woman has PL hand next to her head and PR arm around man's waist; both figures wear sandals and rings around their necks — Pair of Figures from a Shrine Group, First half 20th century
Kwaku Benpoh

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piece of gold silk, small embroidered motifs in gold plated silver — Piece of gold silk, 19th-20th century
Ancient Egyptian

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String of Venetian glass beads, including many white cylindrical beads with longitudinal black stripes, 'Egyptian', modern. — String of Beads, 20th century
Ancient Egyptian

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standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites — Malagan Figure, c. 1890
Unknown

G256

Figure of a ram; part of a lintel or altar, depicting Christ as sacrificial lamb. — Figure of a ram, 5th century
Graeco-Egyptian

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paddle-shaped with small hole in one end; back side smooth and curved; front side flat and carved with incised decoration of hatched lines forming irregular rows of diamonds; reddish brown — Ceremonial Bull Roarer, c. 1900
Aborigine

G256

Unnumbered; broken w/loose beads. String of 15 mosaic beads; millifiori glass rods. — String of Beads, 1st-5th century
Ptolemaic Egyptian

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Pair of Bracelets metal; red glass; green, orange, blue, and red enamel; coins — Pair of bracelets, 19th century
Morocco

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Eleven protrusions — Goldweight [Cluster of Seeds], 19th-20th century
Akan

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Goldweight [Bundle of Tools], Akan — Goldweight [Bundle of Tools], 19th-20th century
Akan

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Pair of sandals with dogbone-shaped soles; two straps creating X over each sole; round element in center of each X — Goldweight [Pair of Sandals], 19th-20th century
Akan

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Bunch of peanuts attached to stems growing together, bottom of stems is flattened out with thin wirelike protrusion, 7/16 inch. long — Goldweight [Cluster of Peanuts], 19th-20th century
Akan

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Bust of Queen Nefertete, colored, facsimile of painted limestone portrait head in the Neues Museum in Berlin.; Original of this bust was found in the studio of the sculptor Thutmose at Tell el Amarna, in 1912; attached plaster base looks like wood.; — Bust of Nefertete, early 20th century
Ancient Egyptian

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jackal-headed god Anubis, bronze, Egyptian, XVII Dynasty; green patina; eyes, mouth, fingers, toes, hair of ears, strands of wig, vertical folds of short kilt, horizontal folds of the kilt-pendant, all rendered by incised lines; solid casting; body heavy and solid but head rather expressive — Figure of god Anubis, 712-664 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

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pair of figures seated next to each other; wide bodies and necks; very large lips; figure on R has 2 topknots — Pair of Figures, c. 500 BCE - 500 CE
Sokoto

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vertically striped tan and white pants with natural brown waist; blue inner lining at cuffs; elastic-like waist — Pair of pants, Date Unknown
Yoruba

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gold coarse plain weave cotton; woven in 5-1/4" narrow bands, pieced together; uneven dye; very wide; hand sewn (laced) and hemmed — Pair of Man's Pants, 20th century
Fulani

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female doll wearing long red cloth skirt, wide coiling strand of beads with three strands extending down in front, each with a shell at the end; two beaded hoop earrings in each ear; long yarn hair — Doll, one of pair, 20th century
Maasai

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incised details and plinth at back; lapis lazuli with modern gold setting at base — Figure of Thoth, 1567-1085 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

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L-shaped textured element with a large head with open mouth at top; figures twined around textured element, encircling it; one seated and two stainding men wearing skirts at bottom, holding onto each other's arms; two men wearing skirts at top--one positioned under horizontal element; dark finish with lighter golden brown base and at end of horizontal element — Tree of Life, c. 1970
Jacobo Elias

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roughly rectangular shaped with rounded edges, with long sides tapering slightly toward top; inward curve at bottom edge; two looping curved at top; rounded surface with concave and convex areas; body is light-colored hardened animal hide, with curled-over, darkened edges; three decorative elements with green hide trim, red cloth and metal ornaments (large domed metal studs in two sizes and four pyramidal metal elements)--two roughly hourglass-shaped elements and one triangular element; some incised lines forming a starburst at center; arrow and lines in dark pigment at bottom center; metal handle on back; handle covered in dark brown leather — Shield, late 19th century
Tuareg

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black man wearing a blue tank top and a predominately red checked skirt with leather streamers and tassels in green, cream, red and blue, and blue flip-flop sandals, holding a spotted hyena, wearing a muzzle attached to a heavy chain; man and hyena stand beneath large freeway ramps — Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria, 2007
Pieter Hugo

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pair of shiny brass discs with cylindrical elements at center; discs decorated with incised designs of circle and half-circle motifs, swags, pairs of diamonds, and tapering bars; undersides dull/not polished; cylindrical elements decorated with incised lines--horizontal and vertical — Pair of anklets (ogba), early 20th century
Igbo

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black and white photograph of a manicured lawn with a white birdbath and white urn with a beach and sea in the background — Thirteen kilometers of this coastline were a White Group Area, Blouberstrand, Cape Town, January 9, 1986 (printed 2015)
David Goldblatt

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over-the-head garment; V-shaped neckline; wide, open sleeves; bottom hem is open, except for short seam at bottom of each sleeve; indigo with thin off-white stripes, running vertically on torso and horizontally on sleeves; tan embroidery: large spiral on proper right chest, with circle filled with dot stitches in geometric square-diamond pattern; woven thread triangle and embroidered border on proper right neckline; proper left torso entirely embroidered with rectangle, diamond, triangle and drop shapes filled with dot or chain embroidery stitches, bordered with straight line stitching; upper back has large spiral filled with large circle containing diamond-square design of dot embroidery stitches; inner bottom hem on back is bright pink with green, yellow and white diagonal stripes — Agbada, early 20th century
Yoruba

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10 individual strips, 5-½ in. wide, lengths varying slightly, machine zigzag stitched together — Wrapper, 20th century
Djege Coulibaly

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Piece of dark blue and red striped material. Broad red stripes ornamented with geometric figures of the type found on Caucasian rugs. Narrower stripes, alternating red and blue, and carrying geometric bands in yellow intervals, and flanked by thin lines of yellow, red and blue. Worn and discolored spots at one end. Vertical tear, mended. — Piece of material, 18th century
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Horus eye green; elaborate detail and mosaic work; two rings on edge for suspension; a beautiful piece of work - finer detail than in 279; alabaster and red jasper, at least, the real stone and not glass imitation some inlays fallen out; lavender glass below eye Udjat: Eye of Horus (Eye of Ra); green faience with red jasper and alabaster with lavendar glass inlay beneath eye — Udjat Eye of Ra, 1297-1185 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

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Mankala game board, Akan — Mankala game board, 20th century
Akan

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Ceremonial rounded blade with pierced design along rim and in center. Square handle with large open circular finial. — Scepter of Authority, mid 20th century
Edo

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dark purple, and gold striped agbada with heavy embroidery at neckline and across chest; gold embroidery at UR chest is many lines of design in a large swirled pattern; at center and left side of chest - much solid golden embroidery as well as abstract embroidered areas; horizontal lines of (punched?) holes in center area; vertical lines on holes on open sleeve areas; on back center another large swirled area of golden embroidery; upper body of garment is lined with teal blue fabric which shows through horizontal holes on back and front — Agbada, 20th century
Yoruba

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smooth light leather rounded edge sole; maroon zig-zag border between sole and upper; entirely embroidered upper shoe, green field broken by diamond, rectangular and teardrop shapes in orange, purple, maroon and dark green; maroon and orange fringe border shoe opening — Pair of Shoes, 20th century
Ait Ouaouzguite Amazigh (Berber)

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Cylinder shape with lines running along body to appear as if there are multiple sticks bundled. Band in middle running parallel to long lines and at one end. — Goldweight [Cluster of Sticks], 19th-20th century
Akan

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Purple velvet coat with gold cord buttons and gold trim; gold cord in scrolling designs at center, hem and front and back of sleeves; lined with pink and white — Caftan, early 20th century
Morocco

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