African Art

African Art
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Les Années 90 (The Nineties)
Cheri Samba
1991
93.81
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
81.17.189
Mask (Ga Wree Wree)
Dan
1850 - 1980
81.17.197.1
Belt mask of Iyoba (Mother of the Oba) Idia
Benin Kingdom
ca. 1517-50
81.17.493
Crocodile headdress
Nigerian/Cameroonian
81.17.507
Standing figure (Nkondi)
Congolese
81.17.836
Basinjom mask and gown
Ejagham
1973
81.17.1977
Gelede Mask: Male with Skull Cap
Southwestern Yoruba
early 20th century
81.17.585
Mercedes Benz coffin
Kane Quaye
1991
93.163
Marionette Head of a Bird
Bamana
20th century
2003.103
Bull necklace (Norkiteng)
Nalepo ene Matinti
2000.12.2
Mask: Beke
Chukwu Okoro, Mgbom village, Afikpo
1953
2005.32
Vessel
Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo
2001
2002.41
Soundsuit
Nick Cave
2006
2007.70
Unidentified Woman, Mali, 1953
Hector Acebes
2005.183
Je Antelope mask
Cote d'Ivoire
early-mid 20th century
2012.1.1
Seated royal woman
Cote d'Ivoire
20th century
2012.29.20
Male standing figure
Tanzanian
20th century
2012.29.21
Signare #1, île de Gorée
Fabrice Monteiro
2011
2013.14
Plaque: Oba and attendants
Benin Kingdom
ca. 1550 - 1650
81.17.496
Female royal figure
Cameroonian
19th century
81.17.718
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