Crowned head, Ife, Nigeria, 12th-15th c, Bronze, H: 9”

Ivory hip mask depicting Queen Idia, Edo peoples, probably 16th c,  Benin Kingdom, Nigeria   H: 9“

Fulani earrings and necklace, Fulani people, Mali, 20th c, gold (cast=neckalce, forged=earrings)

Lalibela, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, c.14th-15th c, cut from the mountainside

Wosene Kosrof (Ethiopia), My Ethiopia, 2001, Acrylic on linen

Beer vessel with wire imbenge(lid), Zulu, South Africa,  e. 20th c.

Hunter’s tunic by Nakunte Diarra, Bogolanfini, Bamana, Mali, 1994, cotton and dye

Dress designed by Hamidou Seydou Harira (Niger),  Alechou-style fabric, 2009

Aale warning assemblage, Yoruba, Nigeria, 1996, corn, broom, cloth, other materials

Bolifigure, Bamana, Mali, l 19th/e 20th c, sacrificial materials, L: 20”

Figure (NkisiNKondi), Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola, late 19th century, Wood, iron, other materials; H. 46”

Nkisi figure, Kongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, pre-1905, Wood, iron, other materials  L: 26”

Crucifix (Klistu), Kongo, Dem Rep of Congo, 18th/19th c, Bronze, tacks, wood

Steve Bandoma (Democratic Republic of Congo)  Trésoroublié (Forgotten Treasure), 2011, Watercolor/mixed media on paper

Sidi Ballo dancing his Konoba masquerade, Bamana, Mali, 1978

Ndebele woman, South Africa, 1980s

Ndebele homestead, South Africa, 1980s

Fantasy coffin, Kane Kwei workshop, Ghana, 2008

Luso-African (or Afro-Portuguese) Saltcellar, Sierra Leone region, l 15th-17th c, Ivory

“Hands and Fingers,” Haarlem Cotton Company (Holland), first produced 1904-5, cotton

Snake charmer image, based on 1887 photograph, Germany

Mrs. Mamisi Walas, Mammy Wata shrine, Igbo region, Nigeria

William Kentridge (South Africa), Mine, 1991, charcoal drawing (from animated film)

“Hottentots,” Germany, woodcut print, 1508

Sartjee Baartman (South Africa), Image from British poster, 1811

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907, Oil on canvas

Ibrahim el Salahi (Sudan), The Tree, 2000-2002, colored  ink, 13 x 13”

Chris Ofili (UK), The Holy Virgin Mary , 1996.   Paper, oil paint, glitter, resin pins, elephant dung on canvas

Jane Alexander (South Africa), Butcher Boys, 1985-86, mixed media