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helmet in the form of a man's head, with a small triangular face; hooked nose; openings under nose and at eyes; stylized ears; short, pointed black beard; high rectangular black eyebrows; looped, beehive-like headgear with five buckle-like elements in blue, black, white and red; beanie-like top of headgear with knob; rather bright polychromy

Gelede mask, mid 20th century

Yoruba

G254

ring with 12 vertical pod-shaped pendants hooked onto ring, with a pair of rings at bottom of each pendant; one large bell-shaped pendant; received attached to mount

Rattle, first half 20th century

Chamba

G250

helmet mask; larger head at bottom with smiling face with teeth showing, long nose, full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, small ears set high on head and forward toward face, with earlobes pierced and piercing at top of PR ear; lower head has smooth black hair; smaller head and upper torso on top of lower head, wearing red shirt with notched collar; top figure has short smooth black hair; almond-shaped eyes, wide nose, ears with piercings at top of each; blue pigments on hair of lower head around edges of top small torso and head; peach-colored skin

Mask, mid 20th century

Temne

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helmet mask; larger head at bottom with smiling face with teeth showing--gap between front teeth, long nose, full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, small ears set high on head and forward toward face, with earlobes pierced; lower head has short black hair in a sort of cornrow/plaited style, delineated with incised zigzags, triangles and parallel lines; smaller head on top of lower head, with smiling face with teeth showing, almond-shaped eyes; high, forward-set ears with piercing in lobes and piercing at center back of PR ear; black hair of smaller head styled in three twisted ponytails--two on either side of head, one on back of head, with smooth parallel lines on hair on head; yellow and red fasteners at top of each ponytail; peach-colored skin

Mask, mid 20th century

Temne

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rounded pot with tapered bottom; hole at top with smooth border; upper section is textured by rows of small pyramid shapes; bottom section is untextured

%C2%A9 Mncane Nzuza

Vessel, 1990

Mncane Nzuza

G236

rather flat headgear with slightly rounded top; white leopard with black spots stands at top with two human heads on either side of cat (one with brown skin and tuft of black hair at top front of head, the other with yellowish-tan skin and hair in a modified Mohawk hairstyle) and animal head with long pointed snout, baring many teeth, in front of cat; holes drilled around edge; band of twisted striped cloth nailed around edge

Egungun headdress, 1950s

Yoruba

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vertical metal rod-like object; top curls into S shape with an arrowhead at tip, with shaft at S shape twisted into a spiral; lozenge shape beneath S with incised crosshatching on one side

Iron, first half 20th century

Namibia

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vertical metal rod-like object; top curls into backward 3 shape with an arrowhead at tip, with shaft at 3 shape twisted into a spiral; lozenge shape beneath "3" with incised chevrons on one side

Iron, first half 20th century

Namibia

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sickle-like form; curving blade at top with incised dots in triangular patterns and band of incised chevrons; slightly curved handle with wrapping and ball at bottom end

Iron, first half 20th century

Namibia

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abstracted, simplified figure, outlined in thick black lines, with arms raised; PR hand in a fist and kneeling; circle with a cross in the middle in red pigment over heart of figure

Still I Rise, 2020

Victor Ekpuk

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seated man wearing a green robe with yellow trim, white belt, and turquoise colored necklace, with a cap of curving design tied under his chin; man has his PL hand on his knee and his PR hand held palm out with his thumb touching his second finger; man seated on a raised green and yellow platform; lower portion of platform is separate ceramic piece

Figure of the Daoist Deity Tianzun, 16th-17th century

China

G201

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