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Composed Armor
Julian Arrechia
ca. 1450–60 and later, restored and composed in the 1920s

Ofika (hanging figure)
Mbole artist
19th–early 20th century

Biola (mask)
Timor Island artist
19th–early 20th century

Bowl
Luzon Island
late 19th–early 20th century

Elephant Tail Beater
Lozi?
early 20th century

Headdress Frontlet
Tsimshian
1820–40

Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
17th–18th century, inventoried 1737

Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
17th–18th century, inventoried 1737

Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
17th–18th century, inventoried 1737

Prestige Cap (Mpu)
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–17th century, inventoried 1674

Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
17th–18th century, inventoried 1737

Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
17th –18th century, inventoried 1737

Luxury Cloth
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–17th century, inventoried 1666

Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Italian
ca. 1450–60

The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier)
ca. 1907

Samoyed Man
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Towards a Homoerotic Historiography
Carlos Motta
2013–14

Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Woman from the French Colonies
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
1861

[Two Snapshots Collected By Walker Evans: Street Scene and Ethnographic]
Unknown
1910s

Female Shaman
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Karbadian Man
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Man from Kamchatka
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Samoyed Woman
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Tatar Woman
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1780–1800

Jewish Woman of Algiers
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
1862

Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century

Eagle transformation figure
Olmec artist(s)
1000–400 BCE

Eugene Field (1850–1895)
Mary Sully
ca. 1920s–40s

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

Face
Olmec artist(s)
900–400 BCE

Fragment of a leopard head
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
early 17th century (?)

Leopard
Edo artist
1550–1680

Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
Mid-16th–late 17th century

Plaque with Warrior and Fish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Altar Tusk
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
ca. 1712–50