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Headrest
Shona
wood
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Headrest
Gurage
wood
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Headrest
Turkana; Pokot; Karamojong
wood and metal
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Pot
20th century
Zulu
ceramic
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Pot
20th century
Zulu
ceramic
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Qur’an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapters 83–85 (recto and verso)
12th century - 13th century
Egyptian; Syrian
black ink, red, gold, and touches of blue on egg-glazed paper
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Crossroads Women Resisting Removal, South Africa
1988
Kim Berman
aquatint mezzotint on paper
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Headband
circa 1940
Kuba
cotton, natural dyes, shells, raffia, glass beads
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Raffia Textile Panel
circa 1900
Kuba
raffia palm fiber
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Knife with wooden scabbard
1945-1955
Songye
iron, wood, copper, and twine
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Knife
20th century
African
iron and brass
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Short sword
20th century
Kele
metal, wood, and wire
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Prestige Pipe
1925-1975
Cameroon
wood, metal, possibly copper and bronze
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Calabash (kileu)
circa 1910
Southwestern Songye (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
bird claws, feathers and wings, metal, gourd, snakeskin, split cane, dried seeds, and wood
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Figure
20th century
Dowayo; Northern Cameroon
carved wood, string and human hair
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