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Mask
Holo peoples
19th–20th century

Mask
Ngbaka peoples
19th–20th century

Portrait face mask from Gbagba, a mblo performance
Baule artist
ca. 1900

Vessel
Turkana peoples
20th century

Ukhamba (beer drinking vessel)
Mncane Zinindeli Nzuza
ca. 1980

Millet beer vessel
Senufo artist
Late 20th century

Ùrhọ̀tọ̀ (altar tableau) with an iyọ́bà (queen mother) and attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
18th century

Figure: Female
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

Anklet
Frafra peoples
late 18th–20th century

Kuba peoples

Late 19th–early 20th century

Appliquéd Battalion Flag (Asafo)
Fante peoples
ca. 1957

Man's Prestige Cloth
Akan peoples, Asante group
early 20th century

Figure: Female
Dogon or Tellem peoples (?)
15th–19th century

Appliquéd Battalion Flag (Asafo)
Fante peoples
ca. 1957

Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Ewe peoples, Egun or Aja group
19th–20th century

Female Figure
Senufo peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Altar with female figures
Dogon blacksmith
16th–20th century

Cache-Sexe
Kirdi (?)
19th–20th century

Figure: Female
Igbo peoples
19th–20th century

Cache-Sexe
Kirdi (?)
19th–20th century

Figure Fragment: Female
Temne (?)
19th–20th century

Cache-Sexe
Kirdi (?)
19th–20th century

Female ekon marionette
Eket-Ibibio artist
19th century

Ọ́bà with Sacrificial Animals from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar of the Hand)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
19th century

Bracelet
Fon peoples
19th–20th century

Three Girls in Matching Dresses
Seydou Keïta
1950s–1960s

Model Pipe Bowl: Head
Bamessing
19th–20th century

Ibeji Twin Figure
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Royal Display Cloth (Ndop)
Cameroon
20th century

Double-Headed Figure
Dogon or Tellem peoples (?)
16th–20th century

Mfunga (fly whisk) with bound female figure

Yombe-Kongo artist

19th–early 20th century

Lawle (gong tapper) with equestrian figure
Baule artist
19th–20th century

Anklet: Crocodile Motif
Kasena
20th century

Male Figure
Baule peoples
19th–20th century

U-Shaped Plaque: Mudfish-Legged King and Supporters
Edo peoples
18th–20th century

Head of an Oba
Edo peoples
19th century

Bell: Face
Lower Niger Bronze Industry
19th–20th century (?)

Heddle Pulley with Figure
Senufo peoples, Jimini group
19th–20th century

Esu Head (Ela or Irin Ifa)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century