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Name |
Artist/Origin |
Date |
Material |
 | Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures | Edo artist, Court of Benin, Nigeria | 15th–16th century | Ivory |
 | Double-Sided Diptych | Gondar Workshops, Ethiopia | 17th–18th century | Tempera on wood |
 | Gela Mask (The Ancient One) | Wee artist, Liberia/Cote d’Ivoire | 20th century | Wood, raffia, cloth, teeth, feathers, hair, fiber cord, cowrie shells, mud, and pigment |
 | Great Mosque | Unknown artist(s), Niger Inland Delta, Mopti Region, Mali | 1906–07 | Mud brick and palm wood |
 | Converging Territories #30 | Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956) | 2004/5 | C-41 print, face-mounted on plexiglass and aluminum |
 | Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) and Nefertiti | Unknown artist, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt | New Kingdom, Amarna Period, 1345–1337 BCE | Painted limestone |
 | Male and Female Twin Figures (flanitokelew) | Bamana artist, Kala, Mali | 20th century | Wood, metal |
 | Fragment of a wall relief showing the sister of Djehutyhotep | Unknown artist, Deir el-Bersha, Egypt | Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1850 BCE | Painted limestone relief |
 | Shrine Vessel | Ga’anda artist, Nigeria/Chad | 20th century | Terracotta |
 | Man’s Corset | Dinka artist, Sudan | Second half of the 20th century | Beads, fiber, leather |
 | Headrest | Shona artist, Zimbabwe | 19th–20th century | Wood |
 | Memory Board (lukasa) | Luba artist, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20th century | Wood, beads, nails, cowrie shells |
 | Mask (sowei) | Mende artist, Sierra Leone | 19th century | Wood, pigment, plant fiber |
 | Royal Crown (adènlà) | Yoruba artist, Nigeria | 20th century | Glass beads, fiber, cloth, and thread |
 | Stool | Attributed to the Buli Master, Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo | 19th century | Wood, metal studs |
 | Power Figure (Nkisi nkondi) | Yombe artist and ritual specialist, Democratic Republic of Congo | 18th–19th century | Wood, metal, nails, mirrors, cloth, cordage, beads, and cowrie shells |
 | Dance Vest with Esù Staff Figures | Yoruba artist, Igbóminà Region, Nigeria | 20th century | Wood, cowrie shells, leather, and pigment |
 | Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì) | Yoruba artist, Nigeria | Early 20th century | Wood |
 | Eagle Coffin | Workshop of Kane Quaye, Teshe, Ghana | 1991 | Painted wood |
 | Kha and His Wife Meryt Before Osiris (detail) from the Book of the Dead | Unknown artist, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1567 BCE–320 BCE | Pigment on papyrus |
 | Coffin of Henettawy | Unknown Artist, Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Egypt | Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1040 BCE–992 BCE | Gessoed and painted wood |
 | Funeral Portrait of a Woman | Unknown Artist, Egypt | Roman Period, 1st – 3rd century | Encaustic wax painting on wood |
 | Bag (taghrek) | Andi Ouhoulou (Tuareg, Kel Ewey, n.d.), Agadez, Niger | 2004 | Leather, pigment, metal |
 | Stela of Mentuwoser | Egyptian artist, Abydos possibly, Northern Upper Egypt | Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1954 BCE | Painted limestone |
 | Standing Statue of Hatshepsut | Unknown artist, Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479–1458 BCE | Granite (originally with paint) |
 | Memorial Head | Akan artist, Twifo region, Hemang city, Ghana | 17th century | Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments |