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Beads
Wanar
6th century CE (?)

Bead
14th century (?)

Bead
Wanar
6th century

Female Body (Venus of Thiaroye)
Before 2000 BCE (?)

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)
Okak-Fang artist
19th–early 20th century

Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri)
Fang-Betsi artist
19th century

Baban riga (man’s ceremonial robe)
Amadou Ahejo, Kano, Nigeria
ca. 1940

Hazomanga finial
Sakalava artist
17th–late 18th century

Seated couple
Barnes Foundation Master
18th–early 19th century

Bongélima notable
Early 20th century

Kot Mábíínc (r. 1919–39)
Kuba
1929–37

Wife of the Chief
Early 20th century

The Great Chief Okodongwe
Early 20th century

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure with Clasped Hands
Master of Kasadi
19th–early 20th century, inventoried 1913

Le Défilé Entrée des Chars de l'Afrique et de l'Aise (The Entrance Parade of the Chariots of Africa and Asia), from La Guerre d'Amour (Guerra d'Amore) (War of Love)
Jacques Callot
1615

Reprint of Le Défilé Entrée des Chars de l'Afrique et de l'Aise (The Entrance Parade of the Chariots of Africa and Asia), from La Guerre d'Amour (Guerra d'Amore) (War of Love)
Jacques Callot

Female Figure from an Obu (house of images)
Igbo artist
19th century

Male Figure
Igbo peoples
Late 19th–early 20th century

Flute
Kom peoples, Grassfields region
19th–20th century

Female figure with raised arm
Tellem blacksmith
15th–17th century

Les porteuses d'eau
Hamed Abdalla
1956

Tsesah crest
Grassfields artist
18th century

Prestige Cap (Laket mishiing)
Kuba peoples, Bushoong group
20th century (?)

Figure riding a quadruped
Dogon or Tellem peoples (?)
16th–19th century

Moon face mask from a mblo performance
Baule or Yaure
19th century(?)

Seated binukedine ( priest)
Dogon blacksmith
18th–19th century

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble
Kota peoples, Obamba group
late 19th–early 20th century

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble
Kota peoples, Mahongwe group
1879 – early 20th century

Helmet Mask (Ngontang)
Fang peoples
First half of 20th century

Janus-Faced Helmet Mask (Ngontang)
Fang peoples
Late 19th–early 20th century

Double plank figure with raised arms
Dogon or Tellem peoples (?)
16th–19th century

Figure: Standing Male (Nkiba)
Teke peoples, Fumu group or Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–early 20th century

Monkey Figure for Mbra
Baule peoples
19th–20th century

Headdress: Fragment of Male Figure for Ogbom Dance
Ibibio peoples, Eket subgroup
19th century

Ceremonial Adze
Pende peoples (?)
20th century

Altar to the Hand (Ikegobo)
Edo peoples
19th–20th century

Dagger with Sheath
West African, possibly Fulani
late 19th century

Ornament
Dogon peoples
19th–20th century

Ring: Bird
Bwa or Bobo or Gurunsi or Lobi
19th–20th century

Mask: Antelope (Walu)
Dogon peoples
20th century