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Male Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo artist and nganga
late19th–mid-20th century

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Kongo artist and nganga, Yombe group
Second half of the 19th century

Triple Crucifix
Kongo artist
16th–17th century (central figure); 18th–19th century (top and bottom figures)

Crucifix
Kongo artist
16th–17th century

Cross with Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo artist
16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Seated Male Figure
Kongo peoples, Kakongo group
mid to late 19th century

Kunda
Yombe group, Kongo people
19th century

Ntadi (commemorative figure) of a Seated Male Leader
Kongo artist
Late 18th–19th century

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi Nkondi)
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples
19th century

Tusk with figurative relief
Kongo artist
ca. 1880–1890

Tusk with Figurative Relief
Kongo artist
ca. 1880–1890

Power figure
Vili (Kongo)
ca.1850

Rattle: Face
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Power Figure: Male Riding Dog (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples
19th–20th century

Crucifix
Kongo peoples
17th century

Christ
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
18th–19th century

Prestige Staff: Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo peoples
19th century

Christ
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
18th–19th century

Figure: Saint Anthony (Toni Malau)
Kongo peoples
18th century

Pendant: Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–19th century

Captive Female Flywhisk (Mfunga)

Kongo artist

19th century

Staff : Finial with Kneeling Female Figure
Master of Kasadi Workshop
19th–early 20th century

Receptacle with Figurative Relief and Stopper
Kongo peoples; Vili group
1880–1890

Untitled (Central African Ngbaka bow-harp, Kuba cammwood powder container and Kongo clay vessel)
Marjorie Griffiths
ca. 1935

Tools
Woody De Othello
2022

Homage To Malcolm
Jack Whitten
1965

Sixteen Waterfalls of Dreams, Memories, and Sentiment
Pat Steir
1990

Tale of the Fox (Kitsune no sōshi)
Unidentified painter and calligrapher
dated 1669 (Kanbun 9)

Glass Gardens Cask II; Tomb Jewel II
William Harper
1999

Sapi artist

16th–17th century

Seated Female Staff Finial

Master of Frontal Concentric Circles

19th century

Gakkō Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas” (“Kontai butsugajō”)
Takuma Tametō
mid-12th century

Double Prestige Panel
Kuba peoples
19th–20th century

Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”
Takuma Tametō
12th century