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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask Representing a Beautiful Mother (D’mba)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and brass

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.390
    Culture: 
    Bulungits, Pukur, or Baga, Sitem subgroup
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Slit Gong (Idoro) with a Human Torso

    Date: 
    late 19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2010.225.1
    Culture: 
    Mbembe
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood from the Apocynaceae tree family, copper, iron, fiber, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1954.28.7
    Culture: 
    Dan
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Bondo Society Mask (Nòwo)

    Date: 
    late 19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, metal, fiber, and coins

    Accession Number: 
    2008.200.2
    Culture: 
    Southern Bullom
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure with Four Children

    Date: 
    ca. 12th–15th century
    Medium: 

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.116
    Culture: 
    Djenne-Juno
    Period: 
    12th–15th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Equestrian Shrine Figure

    Artist: Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè, Kajola, near Odo-Owa, Kwara State, Nigeria, ca. 1885–1975
    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.86
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Oliphant

    Date: 
    late 15th–mid-17th century
    Medium: 

    Elephant ivory tusk and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.192
    Culture: 
    Sapi
    Period: 
    15th–17th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Rhythm Pounder in the Shape of a Female Figure (Doogele or Poro Piibele)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.60
    Culture: 
    Senufo, Kulibele subgroup
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask Representing a Male Ancestor (Chihongo)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, rattan, and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.79
    Culture: 
    Chokwe
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask, “The Owner of the Deep Set Eyes” (Olójú Foforo), Surmounted by a Figure of the Priestess of the Goddess Òsun

    Artist: Areogun-Yanna of Osi-llorin, Yoruba, 1880–1954
    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, pigment, string, and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.298
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá, Èkìti subgroup
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view*

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