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Head of an Oba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.86

Bird Pendant

Date: 1st–5th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1138

Mirror-Bearer

Date: 6th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1063

Seated Figure Bottle

Date: 2nd–5th century
Accession Number: 82.1.30

Ceremonial Banner (Palepai Maju)

Date: probably 18th century
Accession Number: 1990.335.28

Border Fragment

Date: 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 1994.35.120

Seated Male Figure

Date: mid to late 19th century
Accession Number: 1996.281

Mask: Female Figure (Karan-wemba)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.84

Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.441

Relief with Enthroned Ruler

Date: 8th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1047

Mask

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.1518

Funerary Figure (Kulap)

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1981.331.5

Container for Magical Substances (Perminangken [?])

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1988.124.2a, b

Female Figure

Date: late 3rd millennium BCE
Accession Number: 1980.83.15

Tunic

Date: 7th–9th century
Accession Number: 1987.394.706

Vessel, Mythological Scene

Date: 7th–8th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.206

Feline Incense Vessel

Date: 6th–9th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.100

Female Figure

Zlan of Belewale

Date: before 1960
Accession Number: 1978.412.499

Standing Figure

Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Accession Number: 1995.427

Canoe Figurehead (Nguzu Nguzu, Musu Musu, or Toto Isu)

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1976.351

Male Figure (Moai Tangata)

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1984.526

House Post Figure (Amo)

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 1979.206.1508

House Post (Tomor)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1995.65.2

Pair of Diviner's Figures

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.390-.391

Woman's Wearing Blanket

Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2002.602.7

Illuminated Gospel

Date: late 14th–early 15th century
Accession Number: 1998.66

Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara)

Date: mid to late 19th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.1510

Mask (Mukudj)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 2000.177

Headdress (Kapurei [?])

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1981.331.1

Plaque: Warrior and Attendants

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1990.332

Figure

Date: 9th–11th century (?)
Accession Number: 1976.194

Figure: Seated Couple

Date: 18th–early 19th century
Accession Number: 1977.394.15

Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.489

Seated Male Figure with Lance

Date: 16th-20th century
Accession Number: 1983.600a, b

Seated Figure

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 2003.8

"Baby" Figure

Date: 12th–9th century BCE
Accession Number: 1979.206.1134

Snuff Tray

Date: 4th–10th century
Accession Number: 1989.389

Seated Figure

Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1981.218

Funerary Mask

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 1974.271.35

House-post Figure

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.823

Male Figure: Court Official

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.32

Between Earth and Heaven

El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born Anyako, 1944)

Date: 2006
Accession Number: 2007.96

Finial from a Ritual Staff (Tungkot Malehat)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1988.143.141

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.229

Seated Chief Playing Thumb Piano (Mwanangana)

Date: before 1869
Accession Number: 1988.157

Drum

Date: 1st century
Accession Number: 1978.412.111

Shield (Grere'o [?])

Date: early to mid-19th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.730

Helmet Mask

Date: before 1880
Accession Number: 1978.412.560

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)

Date: mid to late 19th century
Accession Number: 2008.30