Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
1968.284CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe-style maker
2010.428CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, possibly Bwa-style maker
1969.2CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba-style carver
1935.304CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
1938.6CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye-style carver and nganga (priest)
2010.451CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, probably Ngbandi-style carver
2010.459CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Kongo Kingdom, Kongo-style maker(s)
2010.444CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver
2010.454CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo-style blacksmith-carver
2016.56CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver
1965.325CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
1938.5CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver
2011.196CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker
1998.29CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Kota-style maker
2005.2CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
1953.425CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, unidentified carver
1929.566CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, probably Djenné-Djenno, Inland Niger Delta culture-style maker
1985.199CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nok-culture style region, unknown maker
1995.21CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style blacksmith-carver
1971.290©
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver
1974.201CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver
1971.297CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili-style maker
2010.433CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
1999.1CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker
2010.434CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver
1975.155CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi-style blacksmith-carver
2014.1CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
1998.85CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker
2008.150CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
1973.221CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style maker
1974.212CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbole-style carver
2016.33CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Guinea, possibly Landuma-style carver
1969.3©
Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver
1974.203CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Guinea, Baga-style carver
1964.376CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Malinke-style blacksmith-carver
2004.84CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker
1972.331CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hungaan-style maker
2003.36CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style blacksmith-carver
1975.151CCCC0
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
1975.188CCCC0
Cameroon, probably Babessi or Bamessing, Cameroon Grassfields potter
1998.94CCCC0
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bembe-style maker
2006.116CCCC0
Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style or Malinke-style blacksmith-carver
1994.14©
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ateu Atsa (Bangwa, c. 1840–1910) | 1987.62 | wood | Overall: 92.1 x 20.3 cm (36 1/4 x 8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ejagham-style maker | 1990.23 | Wood, rawhide, cane, paint, bone or ivory, natural fiber, and metal | Overall: 67.3 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm (26 1/2 x 17 x 17 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild | 1968.284 | Elephant ivory | Overall: 197.4 cm (77 11/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe-style maker | 2010.428 | Wood, ceramic or Formica, copper alloy, and iron alloy | Overall: 47.5 x 14.8 x 16.3 cm (18 11/16 x 5 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Dan-style blacksmith | 1982.341 | Copper alloy | Part 1: 16 x 14.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.); Part 2: 14.1 x 11.7 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.) | Gift of Willett Rankin Wilson, in memory of Audley R. and Edna Moore Wilson | © | ||
 | Burkina Faso, Ghana, or Côte d’Ivoire, Lobi–style artist | 1967.152 | Wood and organic materials | Overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.) | Gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Coe from various donors | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, possibly Bwa-style maker | 1969.2 | Wood, plant fibers, paint, and iron | Overall: 69.8 cm (27 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba-style carver | 1935.304 | Wood and paint | Overall: 43.3 x 31.2 x 28.3 cm (17 1/16 x 12 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.) | James Albert Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild | 1938.6 | Copper alloy and iron | Overall: 29.9 x 21.6 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye-style carver and nganga (priest) | 2010.451 | Wood, glass beads, brass (including upholstery studs), copper alloy, iron alloy, raffia, reedbuck antelope horn, rawhide, animal hair, human teeth, organic material, minerals, and plant fibers | Overall: 64 x 24.5 x 24 cm (25 3/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, probably Ngbandi-style carver | 2010.459 | Wood, iron alloy, copper alloy, glass beads, plant fiber, and cloth | Part 1: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.); Part 2: 41 x 13 x 11.5 cm (16 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Africa, Central Africa, Kongo Kingdom, Kongo-style maker(s) | 2010.444 | Copper alloy, wood, upholstery studs, and iron alloy | Overall: 44.7 x 22.2 x 3.2 cm (17 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver | 2010.454 | Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, plant fiber, and iron | Overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo-style blacksmith-carver | 2016.56 | Wood and paint | Overall: 45 x 36 x 36 cm (17 11/16 x 14 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver | 1965.325 | Wood, cowrie shells, glass beads, possibly aluminum, iron alloy, upholstery studs, and natural fibers | Overall: 44.5 x 66 cm (17 1/2 x 26 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Ralph M. Coe in memory of Ralph M. Coe | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild | 1938.5 | Copper alloy | Overall: 36.2 x 9.9 cm (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.) | James Albert Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
Rachid Koraïchi (Algerian, b. 1947) | 2020.220 | Alabaster | Overall: 49 x 49 x 2.9 cm (19 5/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | © | ||
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver | 2011.196 | Wood and organic materials | Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, possibly Ọ̀yọ́ region, Yorùbá-style carver | 1974.208 | Wood, paint, and iron alloy | Overall: 45.7 cm (18 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker | 1998.29 | Raffia, glass beads, cowrie shells, cloth (including wool), thread, and copper alloy | Overall: 29 x 23 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Kota-style maker | 2005.2 | Wood, copper alloy, and iron | Overall: 61 x 27.5 x 3 cm (24 x 10 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild | 1953.425 | Copper alloy | Overall: 49.4 x 30.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, unidentified carver | 1929.566 | Wood and glass beads | Overall: 6 x 10.2 cm (2 3/8 x 4 in.); Part 2: 4.5 x 12.4 cm (1 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Part 3: 6 x 9.5 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Part 4: 3.2 x 12.1 cm (1 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.) | Educational Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, probably Djenné-Djenno, Inland Niger Delta culture-style maker | 1985.199 | Terracotta | Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nok-culture style region, unknown maker | 1995.21 | terracotta | Overall: 38.2 x 20 cm (15 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960) | 1975.168 | Wood and paint | Part 1: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.); Part 2: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | ||
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style blacksmith-carver | 1971.290 | wood | Overall: 62.3 cm (24 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver | 1974.201 | Wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, pods, cloth, and natural fiber | Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Mano-style carver | 1953.457 | Wood, copper alloy, plant fiber, cloth, rawhide or leather, teeth, seeds, resin, synthetic material, iron, and glass beads | Overall: 28 x 15.2 cm (11 x 6 in.) | The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund | CCCC0 | |
Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver | 1971.297 | Wood, resin, glass beads, plant fiber, and metal | Part 1: 49.5 x 9.1 x 13 cm (19 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.); Part 2: 47.7 x 10 x 11 cm (18 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | ||
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili-style maker | 2010.433 | Wood, cloth, resin, organic material, feathers, natural fibers, antelope horn, seashells (including cowrie shells), glass beads, metalized glass, and plant fiber | Overall: 42 x 11.8 x 23 cm (16 9/16 x 4 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild | 1999.1 | Copper alloy | Overall: 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Agbonbiofe Adeshina (Yorùbá, c. 1880–1945) | 1969.55 | Wood, probably tar, cloth, and iron | Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.) | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | © | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker | 2010.434 | Wood, organic material (including resin), metalized glass, and cloth | Overall: 17 x 5.3 x 7 cm (6 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver | 1975.155 | Wood, resin, and paint | Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi-style blacksmith-carver | 2014.1 | Wood and paint | Overall: 34 x 14 x 14 cm (13 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild | 1998.85 | Wood, paint, cowrie shells, and plant fiber | Overall: 149.5 x 7.5 x 8 cm (58 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.) | Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of Rose White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker | 2008.150 | Wood, plant fiber, and colorant | Overall: 27 x 22 x 28.5 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ifẹ̀, Yorùbá-style maker | 21.2018 | Terracotta | 15.2 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm (6 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.) | Private Collection | © | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild | 1973.221 | wood | Overall: 47.6 cm (18 3/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sapi-style carver | 1976.29 | soapstone | Overall: 23.8 x 11.2 x 12.5 cm (9 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.) | Gift of Lucile Munro in memory of her husband Thomas Munro, Curator of Education from 1931 to 1967 | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver | 2018.27 | Wood and plant fiber | without base: 57.9 x 23 x 10 cm (22 13/16 x 9 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo-style carver | 1975.152 | Wood, upholstery studs, and colorant | Overall: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style maker | 1974.212 | Wood, organic materials (including resin and soil), plant fiber, and glass beads | Overall: 22.4 x 10.7 x 12.4 cm (8 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbole-style carver | 2016.33 | Wood, colorant, and upholstery studs | 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Guinea, possibly Landuma-style carver | 1969.3 | Wood and natural fibers | Overall: 76.2 cm (30 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver | 1974.203 | Wood and paint | Overall: 41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Guinea, Baga-style carver | 1964.376 | Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, and natural fiber | Overall: 52.1 x 15.6 cm (20 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.) | Gift of Edgar A. Hahn | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Wè-style carver | 1971.294 | Wood, boar tusks, pelt, cloth, human hair, probably aluminum, reeds, iron alloy, copper alloy, plant fiber, and paint | Overall: 38.1 cm (15 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Yaure-style carver | 1971.296 | Wood, paint, and colorant | Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Malinke-style blacksmith-carver | 2004.84 | Wood and probably resin | Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker | 1972.331 | Wood, metal, leather, and organic materials | Overall: 22.9 cm (9 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hungaan-style maker | 2003.36 | Wood and colorant | Overall: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style blacksmith-carver | 1975.151 | Wood and paint | Overall: 91.5 cm (36 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild | 1975.188 | Copper alloy | Diameter: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Idoma-style carver | 1964.444 | Wood, human hair, paint, and possibly kaolin | Overall: 20.4 x 17.8 x 16.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 x 6 3/8 in.) | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Cameroon, probably Babessi or Bamessing, Cameroon Grassfields potter | 1998.94 | Terracotta | Overall: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bembe-style maker | 2006.116 | Wood, kaolin, colorant, and iron | Overall: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style or Malinke-style blacksmith-carver | 1994.14 | Wood, aluminum, copper alloy, animal hair, and steel | Overall: 62.2 x 23 x 15.3 cm (24 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 6 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | © |