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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

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

Nkisi Nkonde (nail fetish); a fetish figure in wood; the surface is covered with a variety of accoutrements: nails, reed, shells, bone, wood, string and clay; the 'magic' receptacle in the abdominal area bears a mirror — Power figure, early 20th century
Kongo

G250

Shrine head, Ancient Yoruba — Shrine head, 12th-14th century
Ancient Yoruba

G250

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

G250

Basket woven with plant fiber and heavily beaded with black, white, orange, blue and red beads. Flared stem base with cone-shaped lid. Two straps cross over the top and are secured at sides. — Basket, early 20th century
Unknown

G254

Coffin representing a rock lobster with five pairs of jointed limbs, two long antennae, which are hinged, and two paired feelers on top. It is painted a green color with six white and black stripes around the body, orange and white paint at sides, and light-purple painted anntenae. The upper body is covered in spines and has a rough texture. — Fantasy coffin, 1993
Sowah Kwei

G250

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

G236

Dance Mask; Carved in the round from a single piece of lightweight wood. Interior hollow. Features remarkable in that they resemble Greek and Sicilian works of the 6th Century B.C. The back of the mask, carved in terrace and striated patterns, contrasts with the smooth lateral contours of the face. — Helmet mask, 19th century
Luba

G250

False door in the name of Iry-en-Akhet whose "beautiful name" is Iry. — False door, about 2400 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

standing figure holding Christ child who sits on a book (?) in saint's PL hand; saint holds cross in PR hand; figure wears a robe with a wide collar, tied with a twisted belt, and sandals — Toni Malau (St. Anthony), late 18th-early 19th century
Kongo

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horse on doughnut-shaped base supporting bullet-shaped drum on its back; horse has carved details of bridle, saddle, and neck ornament; drum has organic curvilinear decorations; heightened in red, white and green pigments; large pegs hold drum head onto drum body; each portion of drum head below pegs are wrapped in plant fibers — Drum, early 20th century
Baga

G254

44 individual paintings, received framed and mounted in four rows of eleven paintings, each row attached together with two string loops; oranges, flesh tone, blue, yellow, black, brown, green and grey; various religious scenes--see Components for descriptions of each leaf — (Ethiopian saints and scenes from the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian Bible), late 17th century
Unknown

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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

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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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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banana shaped container made of ribbed horn, one half light and one half dark in color; stopper in each end; ends of body of container and three straps made of woven brass (?) wire; stoppers are dark in color with an open circular shape at the ends; black mount — Horn container for snuff, late 19th century
Zulu

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mask has inverted teardrop-shaped face; slit eyes surrounded by arcing scarifications; arcing scarifications on forehead; thin, pointed nose; frowning mouth with protruding lips; face surrounded by animal fur embellished with single wavy line of white beads around top and sides of face; black netting over top of head with attached multicolored feathers (blue, yellow, brown); long black cloth woven with subtle striped pattern on back — Mask with shoulder cloth, Date Unknown
Mano

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Wall hanging/relief; boat-shaped element at bottom with white on right side and red on left side and a cross inside a circle in black pigment at center; loop of thick wire at top with partial grid made of thinner wires; child-sized black three-dimensional hand hanging from loops of wire at top right; bulbous element in brown with encrustations at top attached on lower left with wire — Crossroads Marker with Little Hand, Reaching, 2015
Renée Stout

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Serpent mask, 20th century

Bwa

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