Visiting The Met? The Temple of Dendur will be closed Sunday, April 27 through Friday, May 9. The Met Fifth Avenue will be closed Monday, May 5.

Civic Practice Partnership: Artist Rashida Bumbray

Housetop and Bricklayer with Bars quilt, Lucy T. Pettway American, Top and back: cotton and acetate — Housetop and Bricklayer with Bars quilt
Lucy T. Pettway
ca. 1955

Unrecorded Edgefield District potter American, Alkaline-glazed stoneware with kaolin, American — Unrecorded Edgefield District potter
Unknown Old Edgefield District Pottery
ca. 1850–80

Dave (later recorded as David Drake) ; made at Stony Bluff Manufactory, Old Edgefield District, Sout American, Alkaline-glazed stoneware, American — Dave (later recorded as David Drake)
Stony Bluff Manufactory
1858

[Marcus Garvey in a UNIA Parade], James Van Der Zee American, Gelatin silver print — [Marcus Garvey in a UNIA Parade]
Multiple artists/makers
1924

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone — The Temple of Dendur
completed by 10 B.C.

Throne of Njouteu: Royal Couple, Wood, glass beads, cloth, cowrie shells, Bamileke peoples, Chiefdom of Bansoa — Throne of Njouteu: Royal Couple
Bamileke peoples, Chiefdom of Bansoa
Late 19th–early 20th century

Blocks and Strips work-clothes quilt, Lucy Mingo American, Top and back: cotton — Blocks and Strips work-clothes quilt
Lucy Mingo
1959

Priest with raised arms, Dogon blacksmith, Wood, patina, Dogon peoples — Priest with raised arms
Dogon blacksmith
14th–17th century

Seated couple, Barnes Foundation Master, Wood, copper and iron alloy, applied organic materials, Dogon — Seated couple
Barnes Foundation Master
18th–early 19th century