Western Africa

  • Essays (32)
  • Works of Art (127)
  • Chronology (23)
  • Self-Portrait at Home
    2015.10
  • Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Madame Claude Lambert de Thorigny (Marie Marguerite Bontemps, 1668–1701), and an Enslaved Servant
    03.37.2
  • Stitch resist indigo wrapper
    2016.724
  • Photograph
    VRA.2014.8.039
  • Afrique Occidentale- Danseurs
    VRA.PC.AF.017
  • Dakar—Mulatto (Senegal) [Dakar—Mulâtresse (Sénégal)]
    VRA.PC.AF.014
  • Group Portrait
    N.A.2015.7
  • West Africa (Senegal) Dakar—Native griot with his guitar [Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) Dakar—Griot indigène avec sa guitare]
    VRA.PC.AF.07
  • Five Men
    1999.184.1
  • Dakar (Senegal)—Wolof women [Dakar (Sénégal)—Femmes Ouolofs]
    VRA.2014.8.024
  • Two dapper young men leaning on a chair
    2015.499.24.1
  • Self-portrait in bow tie and hat
    2015.499.33
  • Self-portrait with balustrade and hanging
    2015.499.32
  • Portrait of a Woman
    2015.499.14.1
  • In Nioro (Sudan)—Wives and son of Wolof trader [A Nioro (Soudan)—Femmes et Fils de Marchand Ouolofes]
    VRA.PC.AF.04
  • Dakar—Senegalese type [Dakar—Type Sénégalais]
    VRA.PC.AF.011
  • Dakar – Senegalese Type [Dakar—Type Sénégalais]
    VRA.PC.AF.012
  • Bundoo Girls – Sierra Leone
    VRA.PC.AF.02
  • Mask: Antelope Figure (Ntomo)
    1979.206.141
  • Seated Female Figure
    1978.412.338
  • Headdress (Sogoni Koun)
    1979.206.158
  • Ntomo Mask
    1978.412.368
  • Elephant figure
    2002.517.2
  • Female Poro Altar Figure (Ndeo)
    1979.206.194
  • Bell Mallet (Lawle)
    2010.349
  • Man's Prestige Cloth
    2010.555
  • Wrapper (Seru Njaago)
    2009.257
  • Ancestor Figure (Ekpu)
    2007.173
  • Wrapper (Seru Njaago)
    2009.256
  • Wrapper
    2009.259
  • Male Poro Figure (Pombia)
    1978.412.315
  • Bird (Sejen)
    1978.412.382
  • Poro Headdress (Kworo)
    1978.412.457
  • Helmet Mask (Kponyugo)
    1979.206.71
  • Male Poro Altar Figures (Ndeo)
    1979.206.193
  • Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)
    1979.206.216
  • Twin Figurine
    1978.412.496
  • Twin Figurine
    1978.412.497
  • Turtle Amulet (Yawiige)
    1978.412.498
  • Figurine
    1979.206.41
  • Ring with Chameleon (Yawiige)
    1986.478.29
  • Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)
    1978.412.365
  • Kònò Helmet Mask
    1978.412.362
  • Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)
    1978.412.426
  • Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)
    1979.206.124
  • Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)
    1979.206.150
  • Vessel: Footed Base
    1977.394.59a
  • Untitled, #313 [Woman Seated on Chair]
    2002.217
  • Seated Male Figure
    1978.412.425
  • Between Earth and Heaven
    2007.96
  • Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)
    1978.412.489
  • Headdress: Male Antelope (Ci Wara)
    1978.412.435
  • Figure: Female (Nyeleni)
    1978.412.347
  • Mask (Sim)
    1977.394.39
  • Untitled [Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress]
    1997.364
  • Mask: Female Figure (Karan-wemba)
    1979.206.84
  • Mask: Hawk (Duho)
    1979.206.196
  • Helmet Mask (Bolo)
    1979.206.157
  • Tyekpa Maternity Figure
    1981.397
  • Janus Helmet Mask (Wanyugo)
    1978.412.311
  • Mask (Banda)
    1978.412.307
  • Headdress: Female Bust (D'mba)
    1979.206.17
  • Headdress: Serpent (A-Mantsho-ña-Tshol)
    1978.412.339
  • Pair of Diviner's Figures
    1978.412.390-.391
  • Ceremonial Ladle (Wakemia or Wunkirmian)
    1979.206.254
  • Fertility Figure: Female (Akua Ba)
    1979.206.75
  • Headdress: Janus (Nkuambok)
    1987.284
  • Headdress
    1979.206.266
  • Panel Ornaments for Ceremonial Sword and Sheath (Udamalore)
    1993.500.1
  • Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid
    1996.558
  • Figure: Bovine (Boli)
    1979.206.175
  • Lidded Vessel
    1991.17.126a,b
  • Weights: Elephant, Bird with Body in Knot, and Bird Claw
    1978.412.407,1994.312
  • Altar: Female Figures
    1978.412.467
  • Figure: Pair of Balafon Players
    1979.206.131
  • Lidded Vessel: Equestrian Figure
    1979.206.173a-c
  • Bracelet
    1979.206.302
  • Pectoral: Face
    1991.17.50
  • Lidded Vessel: Fluted Gourd
    1991.17.66
  • Bracelets: Crocodile Heads
    1991.17.80,81
  • Bracelet
    1991.17.138
  • Bell: Horse Head
    1991.17.140
  • Wrapper
    1993.384.2
  • Altar Bell: Portuguese Face
    1991.17.85
  • Kora
    1975.59
  • Protective Pendant
    1979.206.301
  • Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore)
    1991.17.122
  • Masquerade Element: Ram Head (Omama)
    1991.17.123
  • Altar Ring
    1991.17.134a,b
  • Staff: Seated Male Figure
    1975.306
  • Ritual Vessel: Horse with Figures (Aduno Koro)
    1979.206.255
  • Female Figure with Mortar and Pestle
    1979.541.12
  • Pectoral Badge (Akrafokonmu)
    L.1982.92
  • Buffalo figure
    2002.517.1
  • Figure Fragment: Head
    1995.64.18
  • Oba with Animals
    1991.17.113,1996.11
  • Plaque: Two Portuguese with Manillas
    1991.17.13
  • Head of an Oba
    1991.17.2
  • Head of an Oba
    1991.17.3
  • Figure: Seated Portuguese Male
    1991.17.31
  • Male Figure: Court Official
    1991.17.32
  • Head
    1991.17.7
  • Lidded Saltcellar
    1991.435a,b
  • Gold Weight: Geometric
    1994.312.4
  • Three Gold Weights: Sword, Fly Whisk, Amulet
    1994.312.7,8_1994.312.10
  • Linguist Staff (Oykeame)
    1986.475a-c
  • Prestige Stool
    1986.478.2
  • Altar Tableau: Queen Mother and Attendants
    1991.17.111
  • Memorial Figure of a Hornblower (Mma)
    1978.412.394
  • Memorial Head (Nsodie)
    1978.412.563
  • Spoon
    1979.206.116
  • Altar to the Hand (Ikegobo)
    1979.206.218
  • Staff: Female Figure
    1979.206.223
  • Head of an Oba
    1979.206.86
  • Figure: Seated Male With Sword
    1980.429
  • Funerary Vessel
    1980.68
  • Lidded Vessel (Kuduo)
    1981.431.14
  • Male Figure with Raised Arms
    1978.412.322
  • Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba
    1978.412.323
  • Figure: Head
    1978.412.375
  • Vessel
    1977.394.31
  • Stripwoven Blanket (Khasa)
    1997.446.3
  • Interior Hanging
    1971.30
  • Embroidered Man's Tunic (Bororo)
    1993.372
  • Cache-Sexe
    1998.478.4
  • Figure: Male
    1985.422.2
  • Mother and Child
    1979.206.121
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