Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, mid-late 19th century
1935.304CCCC0
Western Sudan, Mali, Bamana, late 19th-early 20th century
1935.307CCCC0
Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe people
2010.428CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Ngbandi people
2010.459CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Ngbandi people
2010.459.1CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ngbandi people
2010.459.2CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Kongo people
2010.444CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people
2010.454CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Sierra Leone, so-called Sapi, possibly early 15th century
1976.29CCCC0
Africa, Western Sudan, possibly Bwa people, early-mid 20th century
1969.2©
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pre-Bembe, late 19th-early 20th century
1969.10CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th to early 20th century
1971.297CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th to early 20th century
1971.297.1CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye people
2010.451CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo, possibly 16th-17th century
1953.425CCCC0
Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, Bandjoun kingdom, Bamileke, possibly 19th century
2006.138CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin kingdom, Edo, possibly 16th to 17th century
1999.1CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast or Liberia, Dan, possibly early 20th century
1972.331©
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, late 19th-early 20th century
1974.212CCCC0
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th-early 20th century
1975.155CCCC0
Africa, Mali, Bamana, possibly early to mid 20th century
2011.196©
Central Africa, Democratic Repulic of the Congo, late 19th-mid 20th Century
1974.201CCCC0
Equatorial Africa, Gabon, Kota, probably 19th century
2005.2CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili people
2010.433CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe people
2010.434CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbole people
2016.33CCCC0
Western Sudan, Mali, Inland Niger Delta, possibly 14th-17th century
1985.199CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, early-mid-19th century
2004.85.aCCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, early-mid-19th century
2004.85.bCCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bembe, possibly early 20th century
2006.116©
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hungaan, mid to late 19th century
2003.36CCCC0
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende, early 20th century
2008.150©
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega, probably 19th century
2005.3CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, mid-late 19th century | 1935.304 | Wood and pigment | 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 | |
| Western Sudan, Mali, Bamana, late 19th-early 20th century | 1935.307 | Wood, metal | Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.) | James Albert Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe people | 2010.428 | Wood, ceramic, copper alloy, 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, Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Senufo people | 1961.198 | Wood | Overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.) | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Ngbandi people | 2010.459 | Wood, copper, glass beads, iron, fabric | 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 | ||
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Ngbandi people | 2010.459.1 | Wood, copper, glass beads, iron, fabric | Overall: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.) | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ngbandi people | 2010.459.2 | Wood, copper, glass beads, iron, fabric | Overall: 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 | ||
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Kongo people | 2010.444 | Brass, iron alloy, wood | 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 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo | 1938.6 | Brass | 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 | |
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people | 2010.454 | Wood, glass beads, brass, 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 | ||
| Guinea Coast, Sierra Leone, so-called Sapi, possibly early 15th century | 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 | |
 | Emeka Ogboh (Nigerian, b. 1977) | 2019.34 | Multichannel electronic sound composition; 21 minutes, 56 seconds | Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund | © | ||
| Africa, Western Sudan, possibly Bwa people, early-mid 20th century | 1969.2 | Wood, fibers | Overall: 69.8 cm (27 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo, possibly 19th century | 1938.5 | Brass | Overall: 36.2 x 9.9 cm (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.) | James Albert Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | probably carved by Ateu Atsa (African) | 1987.62 | Wood | Overall: 92.1 x 20.3 cm (36 1/4 x 8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pre-Bembe, late 19th-early 20th century | 1969.10 | Wood, cloth | Overall: 48.6 x 15.6 x 17.2 cm (19 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Senufo, early-mid 20th century | 1975.152 | Wood | Overall: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yaka, early 20th century | 1969.8 | Wood, cloth, fibers, pigment | Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Guinea, possibly Landuma, early 20th century | 1969.3 | Wood, fiber | Overall: 76.2 cm (30 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th to early 20th century | 1971.297 | Wood, beads | 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 | ||
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th to early 20th century | 1971.297.1 | Wood, beads | Overall: 49.5 x 9.1 x 13 cm (19 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | ||
Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, 20th century | 1971.297.2 | Wood, beads | Overall: 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 | ||
 | Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroonian, b. 1966) | 2018.204 | Crystal, mixed media | Height: 132 cm (51 15/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Trust | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye people | 2010.451 | Wood, glass beads, brass, copper, iron, human teeth, antelope horn, hide, animal hair, minerals, 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 | |
 | Western Sudan, Burkina Faso, Bobo people | 2016.56 | Wood | 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 | © | |
| Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo, possibly 16th-17th century | 1953.425 | Brass | Overall: 49.4 x 30.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, early-mid 20th century | 1974.203 | Wood | Overall: 41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, Bandjoun kingdom, Bamileke, possibly 19th century | 2006.138 | Wood, cotton, fabric and glass beads | Overall: 51 x 38 x 43 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Nok region | 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 | |
| Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin kingdom, Edo, possibly 16th to 17th century | 1999.1 | Brass | Overall: 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Hervé Youmbi (Cameroon, b. 1973) | 2018.5 | Wood, beads, glue and silicon mastic | Overall: 188 x 53 x 38 cm (74 x 20 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust | © | |
| Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast or Liberia, Dan, possibly early 20th century | 1972.331 | Wood, metal | Overall: 22.9 cm (9 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo, 19th century | 1968.284 | Ivory | Overall: 197.4 cm (77 11/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, late 19th-early 20th century | 1974.212 | Wood, cloth, 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 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Guinea, Baga, early 20th century | 1964.376 | Wood, metal, beads, fiber | Overall: 52.1 x 15.6 cm (20 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.) | Gift of Edgar A. Hahn | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast or Liberia, Wè, early 20th century | 1971.294 | Wood, metal, cloth, fur | Overall: 38.1 cm (15 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Western Sudan. Mali, Dogon, early 20th century | 1975.151 | Wood | Overall: 91.5 cm (36 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, possibly Yaure, early 20th century | 1971.296 | Wood and pigment | Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Baule, late 19th-early 20th century | 1975.155 | Wood | Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Senufo | 1974.204 | Wood and brass | Overall: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | © | |
| Africa, Mali, Bamana, possibly early to mid 20th century | 2011.196 | Wood | Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Repulic of the Congo, late 19th-mid 20th Century | 1974.201 | Wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, seed pods, cloth | Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.) | Gift of Katherine C. White | CCCC0 | |
| Equatorial Africa, Gabon, Kota, probably 19th century | 2005.2 | Wood, metal | 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 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Ejagham, early 20th century | 1990.23 | Wood, antelope skin, bone, basketry, cane, 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 | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Igbo people | 2015.72 | Wood | Overall: 74.5 x 18 x 20 cm (29 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili people | 2010.433 | Wood, fabric, shells, beads, feathers, resin, glass, twine or cord | 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 | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe people | 2010.434 | Wood with fabric | 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 | |
 | probably by Agbonbiofe (Nigerian, 1945) | 1969.55 | Wood, metal, cloth | Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.) | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbole people | 2016.33 | Wood | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Idoma, early 20th century | 1964.444 | Wood, hair, and pigment | 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 | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Liberia, Mano people, early 20th century | 1953.457 | Wood, ivory, cord, metal, seeds | Overall: 28 x 15.2 cm (11 x 6 in.) | The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund | © | |
| Western Sudan, Mali, Inland Niger Delta, possibly 14th-17th century | 1985.199 | Terracotta | Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, early-mid-19th century | 2004.85.a | Wood, metal | Overall: 170 cm (66 15/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, early-mid-19th century | 2004.85.b | Wood, metal | Overall: 170 cm (66 15/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bembe, possibly early 20th century | 2006.116 | Wood, pigment | Overall: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century | 1995.22 | Cloth, glass beads, basketry, cardboard, wood, feather quills | Diameter: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.); Overall: 105.9 cm (41 11/16 in.); Cone: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); Fringe: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hungaan, mid to late 19th century | 2003.36 | Wood | Overall: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Sudan, Mali, Malinke, mid-late 1800s | 2004.84 | Wood | Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Dan People | 2013.52 | Wood, cord | Overall: 57.3 cm (22 9/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Sudan, Mali, Malinke, 20th century | 1994.14 | Wood, aluminum, copper, hair | 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 | © | |
 | Unidentified people, Benue River Valley, Nigeria | 2016.57 | Copper alloy | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Nakunte Diarra (Malian, born about 1941) | 2016.48 | Cotton, earthen pigments (mud-dye) | Overall: 155.6 x 170.8 cm (61 1/4 x 67 1/4 in.) | Gift of Barbara G. Hoffman and Michael R. Short | © | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende, early 20th century | 2008.150 | Wood, fiber | 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 | © | |
 | Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people | 2018.27 | Wood, 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 | |
| Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega, probably 19th century | 2005.3 | Ivory | Overall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mossi people | 2014.1 | Wood | 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 | © | |
 | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Ife, Yoruba | 21.2018 | Terracotta | 15.2 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm (6 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.) | © |