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Prestige headdress, Central African artist, Fiber, animal hair, cowrie shells, Democratic Republic of Congo — Prestige headdress
Central African artist
ca. 1850–1920

Lyre, Human skull, wood, antelope horn, skin, gut, hair, Central African — Lyre
Central African
19th century

Ngonge, Wood, Central African — Ngonge
Central African
late 19th century

Strung Rattle, Shells, cord, Central African — Strung Rattle
Central African
late 19th century

Bone Fiddle, Bone, Central African? — Bone Fiddle
Central African?
late 19th century

Saber, Metal, wood, Central African Republic — Saber
Central African Republic
19th–20th century

Zanze, Wood, metal, glass beads, Possibly Central African — Zanze
Possibly Central African
late 19th century

Stringed Instrument

Central African

late 19th century

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi), Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist), Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment, Kongo peoples — Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
ca. 1880–1900

Ngeende-Kuba or Ngongo artist

Late 19th–earth 20th century

Plaque of a Man, Wood, Late Roman/Early Byzantine — Plaque of a Man
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
325–641

Prestige Panel, Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery; undyed fibers and natural dyes, Kuba peoples — Prestige Panel
Kuba peoples
Late 19th–early 20th century

Man’s Prestige Cloth, Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery, undyed fibers and natural dyes, Kuba peoples — Man’s Prestige Cloth
Kuba peoples
First half 20th century

Prestige Panel, Ngeende-Kuba or Ngongo artist, Raffia palm fiber, natural dyes, Kuba peoples, Ngeende or Ngongo group — Prestige Panel
Ngeende-Kuba or Ngongo artist
Late 19th–early 20th century

Man’s Prestige Cloth, Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery, natural dye, Kuba peoples, Shoowa group — Man’s Prestige Cloth
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
First half 20th century

Man’s Prestige Cloth, Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery, natural dyes, Kuba peoples, Shoowa group — Man’s Prestige Cloth
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
First half 20th century

Man’s Prestige Cloth, Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery, undyed fiber, natural dyes, commercial “typewriter” purple, Kuba peoples, Shoowa group — Man’s Prestige Cloth
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
ca. 1930–39

Necklace: Pendant, Wood, ceramic, raffia, Chokwe peoples — Necklace: Pendant
Chokwe peoples
16th–18th century

Nlô byeri (reliquary guardian head), Betsi-Fang artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Betsi-Fang peoples — Nlô byeri (reliquary guardian head)
Betsi-Fang artist
19th century

The African Sentinel, Elihu Vedder American, Oil on canvas, American — The African Sentinel
Elihu Vedder
1865

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure), Okak-Fang artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Okak-Fang peoples — Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)
Okak-Fang artist
19th century

African Athlete, Thornton Dial American, Graphite, charcoal, and pastel on paper — African Athlete
Thornton Dial
1998

African Mask, Lonnie Holley American, Gum, plastics, nylon and metal — African Mask
Lonnie Holley
2004

African King from an Adoration Group, Maple with paint and gilding, German — African King from an Adoration Group
German
before 1489

Man’s Prestige Cloth

Kuba peoples, Shoowa group

20th century

Woman’s Ceremonial Overskirt

Kuba peoples, Ngongo group

Late 19th–early 20th century

Woman’s Ceremonial or Dance Skirt

Kuba peoples, Bushoong group

20th century

Male Titleholder’s Ceremonial Skirt (mapel)

Kuba peoples

20th century

African head, Alexander Calder American, Wood — African head
Alexander Calder
ca. 1928

African Headdress, Hale Woodruff American, Linocut — African Headdress
Hale Woodruff
1935

African/American, Kara Walker American, Linocut — African/American
Kara Walker
Landfall Press
1998

Gold and amber earrings with head of a Black African youth, Gold, amber, Etruscan — Gold and amber earrings with head of a Black African youth
Etruscan
ca. 200–100 BCE

"African Mask", Janet Lipkin, a) wool, leather, wood<br/>b-e) wool, leather, American — "African Mask"
Janet Lipkin
1970

African Animals, Anna Hyatt Huntington American, Bronze — African Animals
Anna Hyatt Huntington
1943

The birth and the building of the DuSable Museum, Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman — The birth and the building of the DuSable Museum
Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman
DuSable Museum of African American History
1981

Chlorite pendant in the form of the head of a Black African, Chlorite, Cypriot — Chlorite pendant in the form of the head of a Black African
Cypriot
9th–8th century BCE

African Animals, Anna Hyatt Huntington American, Bronze — African Animals
Anna Hyatt Huntington
1943

Fourteen hundred cowries : and other African tales, Abayomi Fuja — Fourteen hundred cowries : and other African tales
Multiple artists/makers
1971

Kneeling African figure, Glass, furnace-worked and blown, Italian, Venice (Murano) — Kneeling African figure
Italian, Venice (Murano)
late 18th or early 19th century

Wisdom of the ancestors : African proverbs compiled, Ruth E. Edwards American — Wisdom of the ancestors : African proverbs compiled
Ruth E. Edwards
1999