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Cache-Sexe
circa 1890-1920
Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
brass and glass beads and cowrie shells
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Skirt
20th century
Bembe
embroidered cotton fabric
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Kente Cloth
20th century
Kente
cotton
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Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
circa 1940
Igbo
carved wood
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Shrine Figure
1900-1950
Akpojivi of Orhokpokpo
wood and pigment
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Mask
1900-1978
Igbo
pigment, metal and monkey fur
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Male Figure
circa 1950
Hemba
carved wood
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Female Figure
circa 1925
Lobi
carved wood
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Circumcision Figure?
circa 1940
Bassa
carved and painted wood, metal teeth and raffia
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Epa Mask
19th century
Yoruba
wood with polychrome
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Chair
20th century
Asante
wood, leather and metal tacks
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Female Figure
19th century
Dogon
carved wood and animal hide
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Pel ambish
circa 1885
Kuba
wood, animal hide, animal skin with fur and plant fibers
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Ape Deity (M’Botumbo)
1900-1971
Baulé
wood with patination of blood, eggshell and pitch
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Raffia Textile Panel
19th century - 20th century
Kuba
raffia palm fiber
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