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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress Representing a Female Spirit (Tiyambo)

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, yarn, fiber, nails, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.373
    Culture: 
    Baga
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.217
    Culture: 
    Dogon
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Seated Male Figure on a Shaft

    Date: 
    10th–11th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2008.114.2
    Culture: 
    Sapi
    Period: 
    10th–11th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Head

    Date: 
    ca. 200 B.C.E–500 C.E.
    Medium: 

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.5
    Culture: 
    Katsina
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Jar

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

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.6
    Culture: 
    Jenne-Jeno
    Period: 
    12th–15th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Head

    Date: 
    ca. 300–1200
    Medium: 

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.7
    Culture: 
    Bura
    Period: 
    4th–13th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and wire

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.8
    Culture: 
    Zulu
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Walking Stick

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.10
    Culture: 
    Zulu
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Weaving Loom Pulley Surmounted by a Bird

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2017.153.35
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2011.22.9
    Culture: 
    Ligbi, Do association or Kulango
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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