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| Goldweights, Ashanti/Akan culture, Ghana, bronze |
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| Linguist staffs (kyeame poma), Akan, Ghana, wood, gold leaf |
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| Former Asantehene Opoju Ware II with Golden Stool (Sika Dwa Kofi) |
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| Top of champion cultivator staff, Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire, 20th c., wood |
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| Helmet mask, Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire, wood, 20th c. |
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| Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre, Giza, c. 2520-2494 BC |
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| Palette of Narmer, Predynastic Period (3100 BC), stone |
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| Engraved ochre, Blombos Cave site, South Africa, 75,000 years old |
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| Head, Nok culture, Nigeria, 500 BC-200 AD, ceramic |
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| Roped pot on stand, Igbo-Ukwu culture, Nigeria, c. 800-1000, bronze |
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| Fly whisk handle, Igbo-Ukwu site, Nigeria, c. 800-1000, bronze and beads |
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| Crowned head, Ife, Nigeria, 12th-15th c., bronze |
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| Ritual vessel, Ife-Ife, 13th-14th c., terracotta |
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| Sowei masquerader with attendant, Sierra Leone, 1990 |
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| Gonde mask, Mende, Sierra Leone, wood and pigment |
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| Ceremonial ladle (Wunkirmian), Dan culture, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, 20th c., wood, iron |
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| Throne of Nsa'ngu, "Mandu Yenu," Bamum, late 19th c., wood, glass beads, cowries |
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| King Njoya in dress uniform, 1904, photo Martin Gohring |
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| Akan ruler wearing Batakari (war shirt), Ghana, 1976 |
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| Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali, 14th c. (rebuilt 1830s) |
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| Altar for Oba Ovonramwen, c. 1914 |
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| Oba at palace ceremony, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 1964 |
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| Pendant mask depicting Queen Idia, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, 6th c., ivory, iron, copper |
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| Oba, Akure Kingdom, Yoruba culture, Nigeria, 1959 |
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| Adenla, Yoruba culture, Nigeria, 20th c., fabric, beads, thread |
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| Yoruba culture, Ifa divination board (opon ifa), c. 1650, wood |
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| Olowe of Ise (artist), veranda post, Yoruba culture, Nigeria, 1910-14, wood and pigment |
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| Reliquary figure (Bieri), Fang peoples, 19th c., wood, raffia |
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| Duein Fubara (memorial screen), Kalabari peoples, Nigeria, 19th c., wood, cloth, metal |
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| Kanaga mask, Dogon, Mali, early 20th c., wood, pigment, fiber |
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| Hat, Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th c., basketry, elephant tail, glass beads, cowrie shells, buttons |
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| Ci wara headdress pair, Bamana, Mali, 20th c., wood |
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| Ntomo mask, Bamana, Mali, 20th c., wood, cowrie shells, fiber |
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| Komo mask, Bamana, Mali, 19th-20th c., wood, horn, grass, fur, other materials |
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