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Heart Scarab of Hatnefer

Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Accession Number: 36.3.2

Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid

Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu (Hemba, ca. 1810-1870)

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1979.290

Ritual Figure

Date: 380–246 B.C.
Accession Number: 2003.154

Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis

Date: 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century
Accession Number: 23.2.1

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

Date: second half 9th–mid-10th century
Accession Number: 2004.88

Statuette of the lady Tiye

Date: ca. 1390–1349 B.C.
Accession Number: 41.2.10

Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Date: second half 13th century
Accession Number: 91.1.540

Female Figure

Zlan of Belewale

Date: before 1960
Accession Number: 1978.412.499

Cat Statuette

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 56.16.1

Ptah Statue

Date: ca. 1070–712 B.C.
Accession Number: 2009.175

The "Dolphin Vase"

Date: ca. 1750–1550 B.C.
Accession Number: 22.1.95

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.323

Head of Ptolemy II or III

Date: 246–222 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.99.134

Between Earth and Heaven

El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born Anyako, 1944)

Date: 2006
Accession Number: 2007.96

Plaque: Warrior and Attendants

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1990.332

Eroro

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.2604

Mask: Female Figure (Karan-wemba)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.84

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.229

Miniature broad collar

Date: 332–222 B.C.
Accession Number: 49.121.1

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1978.409

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1413a, b

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)

Date: mid to late 19th century
Accession Number: 2008.30

Processional Cross

Ezra

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 1999.103

Scarab Bracelet of Wah

Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Accession Number: 40.3.12

Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque (?)

Date: ca. 700 B.C.
Accession Number: 2008.353

Figure: Seated Couple

Date: 18th–early 19th century
Accession Number: 1977.394.15

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II

Date: ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.1.3a, b

Menat necklace from Malqata

Date: ca. 1390–1353 B.C.
Accession Number: 11.215.450

Kushite Pharaoh

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2002.8

Nyonganyonga

Date: 1909
Accession Number: 09.163.6

Male Figure: Court Official

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.32

Pair of Diviner's Figures

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.390-.391

Kushite priest wearing garment with leopard's head and tassels, subsequently adapted for a king

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2010.259

Statue of Seated Imhotep

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.852a, b

Statue of a goddess, probably Nehemetaui or Nebethetepet

Date: 550–300 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.845

Seated Male Figure

Date: mid to late 19th century
Accession Number: 1996.281

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.92

Cosmetic Vessel in the Shape of a Cat

Date: ca. 1990–1900 B.C.
Accession Number: 1990.59.1

Helmet Mask

Date: before 1880
Accession Number: 1978.412.560

Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet

Date: 4th–2nd century B.C.
Accession Number: 29.2.3

Statuette of Amun

Date: ca. 945–712 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1412

Ritual Statuette of Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 1995.21

Statuette of a Royal (?) Woman with the Cartouches of Necho II on her Arms

Date: 610–595 B.C.
Accession Number: 30.8.93

Head of an Oba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.86

Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.441

Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Date: ca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20
Accession Number: 2007.191

Headdress

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.266

Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.489

Kora

Mamadou Koyate (bridge by Djimo Koyate)

Date: ca. 1960
Accession Number: 1975.59

Ram's-head Amulet

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.98