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| Brass queen mother head; Benin Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1500-1550 |
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| Ivory hip mask of Queen Mother Idia; Benin Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1520 |
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| Brass head from an alter; Benin Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1550-1600 |
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| Brass plaque of Oba with Europeans; Benin Kingdom; Nigeria; 1500-1600 |
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| Photograph of members of the British Punitive Expedition of 1897; Benin Kingdom; Nigeria; 1897 |
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| Raffia cut-pile textile; Kongo Kingdom; DRC; before 1400 |
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| Raffia hat; Kongo Kingdom; DCR; collected before 1674 |
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| Wood carving of Toni Malau with Christ Child; Kongo Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| LOANGO CARVERS; Ivory tusk; Kongo Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1875- 1900 |
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| Wood mother and child effigy; Yombe artist; Kongo Kingdom; DRC, ca. 1850-1925 |
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| Royal potrait figure (ndop) of King Shyaam the Great (reigned ca. 1625); Kuba Kingdom; DCR; ca. 1775-1799 |
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| Mwaash aMbooy mask; Kuba Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1900-1950 |
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| Mbwoom mask; Kuba Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| Ngandy aMwaash mask; Kuba Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| Raffia cut-pile cloth, Kuba Kingdom; DRC; ca. 1900-1950 |
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| Throne of King Nsa'ngu; Bamum Kingdom; Cameroon; ca. 1850-1875 |
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| Royal stool with leopard-elephant caryatid; Bamum Kingdom; Cameroon; before 1908 |
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| Ndop textile; Bamum Kingdom; Cameroon; purchased 1936 |
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| IBRAHIM NJOYA; The Chronology of Bamum Kingd; Bamum Kingdom; Cameroon; ca. 1880-1912 |
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| FON YU; Portrait of a Ruler; Kom Kingdom; Cameroon; ca. 1880-1912 |
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| Beaded crown; Yuroba Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1900-1975 |
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| AREOGUN; Palace door panel; Yuroba Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1900-1925 |
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| OLOWE OF ISE; Prestige vessel; Yoruba Kingdom; Nigeria; ca. 1925 |
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| Ibeji figures; Yoruba artist; Nigeria; ca. 1900-1925 |
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| The Golden Stool; Asante Kingdom; Ghana; original ca. 1701/ current incarnation, ca. 1921 |
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| NANA OSEI BONSU; Mother and child sculpture; Akan artist; Ghana; early 1930s |
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| Gold head, Asante Kingdom; Ghana; before 1874 |
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| Goldweights; Akan artist; Ghana; ca. 1700-1900 |
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| SAMUEL COPHIE, Man's kente textile; Asante Kingdom; Ghana; 2009 |
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| Talisman; Salakava artist; Madagascar; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| Funerary female figure; Salakava artist; Madagascar; ca. 1800- 1950 |
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| Silk akotofahana cloth; Merina Kingdom; Madagascar; before 1926 |
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| Raffia lamba cloth; Merina Kingdom; Madagascar; ca. 1875-1925 |
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| Funerary sculpture; Madagascar; ca. 1900-1975 |
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Male forest spirit; Niger Delta region; Nigeria; ca. 1875-1900
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| Ivwri; Niger Delta region; Nigeria; ca. 1875-1900 |
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| Maiden spirit masquerade mask; Niger Delta region; Nigeria; ca. 1930-1960 |
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| Maiden spirit masquerade costume; Niger Delta region; Nigeria; ca. 1950-1990 |
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| Ancestral screen; Niger Delta region; Nigeria; ca. 1900-1950 |
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| Seated couple; West Sahel region (Dogon); Mali; ca. 1875-1925 |
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| Kanago mask; West Sahel region (Dogon); Mali; ca. 1875-1925 |
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| Ci-wara masks; West Sahel region (Bamama); Mali; ca. 1875-1925 |
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| Bogolanfini textile; West Sahel region (Bamana); Mali; ca. 1975-1995 |
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| Hunter's shirt; West Sahel region (Bamana or Dogon); Mali; ca. 1900-2000 |
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| Pair of diviner's figures; West Atlantic Coast (Baule); Cote d'Ivoire; after 1960 |
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| Spirit spouse; West Atlantic Coast (Baule); Cote d'Ivoire; after 1960 |
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| ZLAN OF BELEWALE; Figurative ladel; West Atlantic Coast (Dan); Cote d'Ivoire; before 1960 |
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| "Passport" masks; West Atlantic Coast (Dan); Cote d'Ivoire; ca. 1875-1925 |
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| Sowei mask; West Atlantic Coast (Mende); Sierra Leone; ca. 1875-1950 |
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| Wooden headrest; Pastoralists (Nguni); Southern Africa; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| Wooden snuff container; Pastoralists (Tsonga); Southern Africa; ca. 1800-1900 |
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| Ceramic pots with basketry lids; pastoralists (Zulu); South Africa; ca. 1900-1980 |
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| Wedding cape; Pastoralists (Ngwane); South Africa; 1960s |
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| Beadwork; Pastoralists (Maasai); Kenya/Tanzania; ca. 1999 |
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| Saddle bag; nomads (Tuareg); Mali; ca. 1900-1971 |
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| Tentpoles; nomads (Tuareg); Mali; ca. 1900-1997 |
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| Qur'an board; nomads (Tuareg); Mali; ca. 1900-2000 |
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| Amulet, nomads (Tuareg); Mali; ca. 1900-1971 |
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| Tagulmust; nomads (Tuareg);Niger ; ca. 2000s |
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