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The following list represents only a selection of the forty-eight works included in the exhibition. Additional information is available in the exhibition publication, which was produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press and is available in The Met Store.
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Display Cloth (detail)
Gambia, first half of the 19th century
The British Museum, London (Af.2796)
Provenance: Collected by Henry Christy; his bequest to The British Museum, 1865
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Grace Ndiritu (British, b.1976)
The Nightingale, 2003
Collection of the artist
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Man's Protective Tunic
Nigeria; Hausa peoples, late 19th century
The British Museum, London (Af1940,23.1)
Provenance: Acquired from Captain Alfred Walter Francis Fuller, 1940
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Rachid Koraïchi (Algerian, b.1947)
Four Panels from 7 Variations on Indigo (detail), 2002
Collection of the artist
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Kente Prestige Cloth (detail)
Ghana; Ewe peoples, 19th century
The British Museum, London (Af1934,0307.165)
Provenance: Collected in West Africa between 1880 and 1900 by Charles Beving Sr.
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El Anatsui (Ghanaian, b.1944)
Between Earth and Heaven, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Fred M. and Rita Richman, Noah-Sadie K. Wachtel Foundation Inc., David and Holly Ross, Doreen and Gilbert Bassin Family Foundation and William B. Goldstein Gifts, 2007 (2007.96)
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Juapong, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.1)
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Vane, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.2)
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Tsito, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.3)
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Kpetoe, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.4)
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Kpong, 2006
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.5)
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Interior Hanging
Mali or Ghana; Fulani (?), 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1971 (1971.30)
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Seydou Keïta (Malian, 1921(?)–2001)
Untitled [Olympia], 1956–57, print 1996
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Anonymous Gift, 1997 (1997.267)
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Seydou Keïta (Malian, 1921(?)–2001)
Untitled [Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress], 1956, print 1997
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Foundation Inc. Gift, 1997 (1997.364)
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Seydou Keïta (Malian, 1921(?)–2001)
Untitled [Two Women and a Girl in front of a Peugeot], 1959-60, print 1997
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Foundation Inc. Gift, 1997 (1997.361)
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Seydou Keïta (Malian, 1921(?)–2001)
Untitled [Two Couples], 1959–1960, print 1997
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Foundation Inc. Gift, 1997 (1997.362)
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Adire Cloth: Olokun (detail)
Nigeria; Yoruba, first half of the 20th century
The British Museum, London (Af1971.35.17)
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Yinka Shonibare, MBE (British, b.1962)
100 Years, 2000
Collection of Ninah and Michael Lynne, New York
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Sokari Douglas Camp, CBE (British, b.1958)
Nigerian Woman Shopping, 1990
Packman Lucus Collection, London
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Prestige Gown
Cameroon, Grassfields region, 19th–20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Clyman Gift and Rogers Fund, 1987 (1987.163)
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Malick Sidibé; (Malian, b.1936)
Untitled [Portrait of a Woman Standing Before a Striped Background], 1979
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Nancy Lane Gift, 2003 (2003.160)
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Malick Sidibé; (Malian, b.1936)
Untitled [Portrait of a Man Standing Before a Striped Background], 1976
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Nancy Lane Gift, 2003 (2003.159)
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