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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

    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*
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure (Biiga)

    Artist: Zimwomdya Koudougou, Bonam village, died early 1970s
    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, glass beads, string, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.1
    Culture: 
    Mossi
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Pendant Cross

    Date: 
    19th to early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    2011.2.8
    Culture: 
    Orthodox Tewahedo Church
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Pendant Cross

    Date: 
    19th to early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    2011.2.9
    Culture: 
    Orthodox Tewahedo Church
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Hand Cross

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    2011.96.1
    Culture: 
    Orthodox Tewahedo Church
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view

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