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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure (Iginga)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Ivory

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.36
    Culture: 
    Lega
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Maternity Figure

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

    Wood, pigment, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.389
    Culture: 
    Urhobo
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Quadruped with Two Human Figures

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

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.118
    Culture: 
    Djenne-Juno
    Period: 
    12th–15th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Night Society Headdress

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

    Wood and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.127
    Culture: 
    Bangwa
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Fly Whisk with a Human Mask Model

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

    Wood, horse tail hair, brass, and leather

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.130
    Culture: 
    Kom
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Headdress

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.141
    Culture: 
    Kom
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Royal Ancestor Figure on a Pole

    Artist, attributed to: Ateu-Atsa, Bangwa, 1840–1910
    Date: 
    late 19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.142
    Culture: 
    Bangwa
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff with a Power Figure

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

    Wood, brass, copper, glass beads, shells, seed pods, cotton, animal claws, horn, feathers, fiber, and coin

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.145
    Culture: 
    Suku
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Community Power Figure (Nkishi)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, leather, brass, feathers, animal fur, lizard skin, animal claws, glass beads, cotton cloth, fiber, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.148
    Culture: 
    Songye
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Figural Group

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Brass

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.194
    Culture: 
    Ijebu Yorùbá
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view

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