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Crucifix, Brass, Kongo peoples
Crucifix
Kongo peoples
18th–19th century
Mwanangana (lord of the land) playing a sanza, Chokwe artist, Wood (uapaca), cloth, plant fiber, beads, dye, resinous coating, Chokwe peoples
Mwanangana (lord of the land) playing a sanza
Chokwe artist
19th century (before 1869)
Kane, Wood, metal, Japanese
Kane
Japanese
19th century
Atingting kon (slit gong), Wood, Ambrym
On loan to The Met
Atingting kon (slit gong)
Ambrym
early 20th century
Ngoma, Wood, Kuba people, Kasai cluster
Ngoma
Kuba people, Kasai cluster
19th century
Initiation Gourd: Female Half Figure (Kabwelulu), Wood, kaolin, cowrie shells, straw fiber, metal, gourd, Luba peoples
Initiation Gourd: Female Half Figure (Kabwelulu)
Luba peoples
19th–20th century
Atingting kon (slit gong), Tin Mweleun (commissioned by Tain Mal), Wood, paint
Atingting kon (slit gong)
Tin Mweleun
mid- to late 1960s
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, beads, blueing, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Ibuke Compound, Wood, camwood powder, beads, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Workshop of Ibuke Compound
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Wood, camwood powder, beads, pigment, Yoruba peoples, Oyo group
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples, Oyo group
19th–20th century
Twin Figure (Ibeji), Oyo-Yoruba artist (?), Wood, camwood powder, beads, pigment, Oyo-Yoruba peoples (?)
Twin Figure (Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba artist (?)
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, beads, metal, blueing, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Oyo-Yoruba artist, Wood, nails, beads, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ibeji Twin Figure, Ijebu-Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, pigment, Ijebu-Yoruba peoples
Ibeji Twin Figure
Ijebu-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Ibuke Compound, Wood, camwood powder, indigo, beads, iron, vertebrae, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Workshop of Ibuke Compound
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Oyo-Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, blueing, beads, metal, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Igbomina-Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, metal, camwood powder, indigo, Igbomina-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Igbomina-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Gong: Figurative Handle, Iron, wood, Cameroon
Gong: Figurative Handle
Cameroon
19th–20th century
Sango Staff: Female Figure (Ose Sango), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, Yoruba peoples
Sango Staff: Female Figure (Ose Sango)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Mukisi Mupasi (ancestor figure), Tabwa artist, Wood, glass beads, cord, Tabwa peoples
Mukisi Mupasi (ancestor figure)
Tabwa artist
mid-19th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Oyo-Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, brass, glass beads, cowries, blueing, string, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Ibuke Compound, Wood, beads, camwood powder, Yoruba peoples, Oyo group
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Workshop of Ibuke Compound
19th–20th century
Figure: Male, Ibuke Compound , possibly, Wood, beads, iron, pigment, Yoruba peoples, Oyo group (?)
Figure: Male
Workshop of Ibuke Compound
1900–1950
Ifa Divination Vessel: Mother and Child Caryatid (Agere Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, Yoruba peoples
Ifa Divination Vessel: Mother and Child Caryatid (Agere Ifa)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi), Wood, nails, beads, fiber, cane, straw, tusk, Songye peoples
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Songye peoples
19th–20th century
Ibeji Twin Figure, Yewa-Yoruba or Ibarapa-Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, Yewa-Yoruba or Ibarapa-Yoruba peoples
Ibeji Twin Figure
Yewa-Yoruba or Ibarapa-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Divination Figure (Hamba), Wood, snakeskin, cloth, fiber, glass, abrus seeds, mirror, metal, wire, resin, clay, Chokwe or Lwena (?)
Divination Figure (Hamba)
Chokwe or Lwena (?)
19th–20th century
[Figure, French Congo], Walker Evans American, Gelatin silver print
[Figure, French Congo]
Walker Evans
1935
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, nail, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ngombi (arched Harp), Wood, skin, vegetable fiber, leather, Fang/Kele people
Ngombi (arched Harp)
Fang/Kele people
19th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, nails, camwood powder, brass, glass beads, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Oyo-Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, blueing, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, glass beads, string, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Slit Gong-Rasp, Ekiti-Yoruba artist, Wood, Ekiti-Yoruba peoples
Slit Gong-Rasp
Ekiti-Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi), Wood, iron, glass, terracotta, shells, cloth, fiber, pigment, seeds, beads, Kongo peoples
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Kongo peoples
19th century
Ìlẹ̀kùn ààfin (Ìsẹ̀ palace door), Olowe of Ise Nigerian, Iroko wood, paint, Yoruba peoples
On loan to The Met
Ìlẹ̀kùn ààfin (Ìsẹ̀ palace door)
Olowe of Ise
ca. 1904–1910
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood powder, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, camwood powder, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, nails, beads, camwood powder, blueing, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Half Figure: Male, Wood, beads, oil patina, Kusu peoples
Half Figure: Male
Kusu peoples
19th–20th century
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji), Yoruba artist, Wood, beads, camwood powder, pigment, Yoruba peoples
Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century

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