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Colonisation
2009
William Adjété Wilson
cloth with appliques
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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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Tribute to Romare Bearden
2014
Sam Nhlengethwa
color lithograph on paper
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Tribute to David Goldblatt
2014
Sam Nhlengethwa
color lithograph on paper
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Power Figure
circa 1880
Zande
wood, cloth, and metal
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Power Figure
circa 1910
Zande
wood, pigment, woven fiber, beads, and metal
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nkisi
circa 1850
Songye; Kalebwe
wood, vegetable fiber, animal skin, glass, beads, seed pod, metal, calabash, kaolin (white clay), and resin
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Caryatid stool
2nd half of 19th century
Chokwe
wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
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Power Figure
2nd half of 19th century
Yombe
wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment, cloth, raffia and bone
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Power Figure
circa 1800
Vili (Kongo)
wood, tukula powder and kaolin
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Power Figure
circa 1890
Bwende
wood, shells and metal
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Fertility Figure
20th century
Dowayo; Fali; Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad
carved wood, wire, multi-colored beads, leather, brass, and metal coins
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Beaded Foot Cushion
1946
Yoruba; Workshop of the Adesina Family
cloth, leather, raffia fiber and multi-colored beadwork
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Chair
1900-1925
Chokwe
wood and antelope hide
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