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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Kente “Liar’s Cloth” (Kontompo Ntama)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Cotton (mill spun)

    Accession Number: 
    2022.55.1
    Culture: 
    Akan
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Cloth (“Couvetures du Segou”)

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Hand spun cotton

    Accession Number: 
    2022.55.2
    Culture: 
    Fulani, Maabo Weaver
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Bogolanfini

    Date: 
    ca. 1995
    Medium: 

    Hand spun cotton and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2022.55.3
    Culture: 
    Bamana
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure (Bocio)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, and feathers

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.461
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Diviner’s Bag (Àpò Ifá)

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

    Cloth and glass beads

    Accession Number: 
    2022.18.2
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    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

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