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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Gong Currency

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Iron

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.11
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Numismatics
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Effigy Figure

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Stone

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.9
    Culture: 
    Bongo
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Cloth, Embroidered

    Date: 
    18th to early 19th Century
    Medium: 

    Cotton with silk embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    1937.5569
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

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

    Wood, goat hide, string, egg shell encrustation, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1975.121.12
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Feathered Costume

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Chicken feathers and grass

    Accession Number: 
    2011.15.1
    Culture: 
    Bamileke
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

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

    Wood, hide, fiber, pigment, feathers, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.576
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Birds

    Artist: Jimoh Buraimoh, Nigerian, born 1943
    Date: 
    1970
    Medium: 

    Plywood, glass beads, oil paint, and string

    Accession Number: 
    2004.65.1
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Paintings
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Vessel

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2015.134.2
    Culture: 
    Tusyan
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Water Pot

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2015.134.4
    Culture: 
    Makonde
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Water Pot

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2015.134.5
    Culture: 
    Makonde
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    Not on view

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