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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Portrait Mask of a Woman (Ndoma)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and metal

    Accession Number: 
    1996.13.1
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    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

    Necklace

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Silver, cloisonné, and amber

    Accession Number: 
    2010.124.16
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Christian Processional Cross

    Date: 
    possibly 15th century
    Medium: 

    Copper alloy

    Accession Number: 
    2010.223.1
    Culture: 
    Orthodox Tewahedo Church
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    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: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure with Four Children

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

    Terracotta with traces of red slip

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.116
    Culture: 
    Jenne-Jeno
    Period: 
    12th–15th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Oliphant

    Date: 
    late 15th to 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: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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