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Chief’s Stool
circa 1920
Hemba
wood
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Prestige Adze
circa 1880
Hemba
wood, iron, and brass tacks
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Standing Figure
late-19th century - early-20th century
Dogon
wood
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Standing Figure with yo domino (Curved Staff)
late-19th century - early-20th century
Dogon
wood
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Seated Male Figure
1825-1875
Yombe; Kongo
wood, brass tacks, glass
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Double Figure
20th century
Dogon
wood
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Egúngún headdress
circa 1950
Workshop of Adugbologe
wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads and metal
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Mask
20th century
Igbo
wood, white and black pigment
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Commemorative Head
19th Century
Edo (Benin); Benin (ancient Nigerian)
brass
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Power Figure
circa 1920
Kusu
wood, vegetable fiber, tukula powder, animal skin, and animal horn
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Power Figure
circa 1850
Vili (Kongo)
wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, and resin
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Power figure
circa 1870
Beembe (Kongo)
wood, beads, metal, and ceramic fragments
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Pwo Mask
circa 1890
Chokwe
wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth
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Caryatid stool
2nd half of 19th century
Chokwe
wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
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Power Figure
circa 1800
Vili (Kongo)
wood, tukula powder and kaolin
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