Portfolio: Encounters: The Arts of Africa [Exhibition Ongoing]
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Title | Artist | Medium & Support | Creation Date |
Christ Figure | brass | ca. 17th century - early 18th century | |
Shabati | faience (glaze sintered-quartz) | ca. 713 BCE - 30 BCE | |
Cap Mask (Mbuya) | wood and pigment | mid 20th century - late 20th century | |
Cap Mask (Pumbu) | wood, pigment, cloth, and fiber | mid 20th century - late 20th century | |
Ibeji Figure | wood, nails, cowrie shells, and camwood powder | early 20th century | |
Ceremonial Cup (Kopa) | wood | mid 20th century | |
Ceremonial Cup | wood | early 20th century | |
Dance wand (Eshu) | wood, hide, cowrie shells, fiber, medicinal bundles, indigo | mid 20th century | |
Divination Instrument (kakishi) | wood | early 20th century | |
Crest Mask (Chi Wara) | wood, raffia, and brass | early 20th century - mid 20th century | |
Face Mask (Ichahoho or Adomanyi) | Okati of Ojakpama Village | wood, pigment, and kaolin | early 20th century - mid 20th century |
Hornbill Mask (Gegon) with Islamic Inscriptions | wood, raffia, and ink | mid 20th century | |
Ancestor Figure (Sigiti) | wood | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Commemorative Head Fragment | terracotta | ca. 17th century - 18th century | |
Efe-Gelede Cap Mask (Apasa) | wood with indigo and white | early 20th century | |
Bound Figure | terracotta | ca. 12th century - 15th century | |
Kneeling Female Figure with Child | wood | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Pregnant Female Figure | terracotta | 1200 - 1600 | |
Ceremonial Cup | wood | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Face Mask (Ninea-Gla) | wood, metal, and chalk | early 20th century | |
Shrine Figure (onile) | brass or bronze, and iron | 18th century - 19th century | |
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa) | brass or bronze and iron | 18th century - 19th century | |
Ibeji Figure | Master of the Archaic Smile | wood | early 20th century |
Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo) | wood and pigment | early 20th century | |
Crest Mask (Chi Wara) | wood, beads | mid 20th century | |
Equestrian Dance Wand (oshe shango) | Aribokana, Onakunle | wood and beads | early 20th century - mid 20th century |
Helmet Mask (epa) | wood, iron, fiber, and sacrificial substances | mid 19th century - late 19th century | |
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa) | wood | mid 19th century | |
Shango Devotee Maternity Figure with Bowl | wood and pigment | late 19th century | |
Ibeji Figure | wood and beads | early 20th century | |
Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo) | wood | early 20th century | |
Bush Buffalo Mask | wood and pigment | early 20th century - mid 20th century | |
Crucifix | brass | ca. 17th century - early 18th century | |
Miniature Initiation Mask | wood, pigment, and raffia | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Chief's Stool | wood, brass tacks, and beads | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede) | Areogun | wood | mid 20th century |
Helmet Mask (Sowei) | wood | early 20th century - mid 20th century | |
Commemorative Head | terracotta | ca. 19th century | |
Royal Hip Mask | bronze | ca. late 17th century - 18th century | |
Shrine Figure of Dog | wood | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Seated Female Figure (Staff Finial) | wood | early 20th century | |
Seated Female Figure | wood | mid 20th century | |
Dance Wand (Eshu) | wood | mid 20th century | |
Whistle | wood | mid 20th century | |
Head | terracotta | ca. 500 BCE - 300 CE | |
Sculptural Element From a Reliquary Ensemble (Mbulu Ngulu) | wood, brass, iron, and copper | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Power Figure (Nkisi) | wood, lizard, bushbuck horn, and medicinal substances | early 20th century | |
Vessel (Untitled) | Odundo, Magdalene | multi-fired red clay | 2009 |
Migrations II | Kosrof, Wosene | acrylic on linen | 2006 |
Catholic Nun Figure | Otooro | wood and pigment | late 1950s |
Number Seven: May I only know the joys given by the Sublime One... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Nine: Through love and the words 'There is no God but God,'... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Twenty-three: Through His Grace and consideration for my profession of faith... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Twenty-seven: May the Light of the Arabic Language and the Book... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Miniature Shrine Figures | wood | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Staff | wood with pyrography | 19th century | |
Portrait Mask (lipiko) | wood with human hair, paint and pigment | ca. 1940 | |
Storage Chest | wood with copper, brass, iron, and pigment | early 20th century – mid 20th century | |
Pair of Sandals (mtalawanda) | wood with silver and copper | ca. late 19th century - 20th century | |
Pair of Hinged Anklets | silver | 19th century | |
Female Figure (nkisi) | wood and porcelain | early 20th century | |
Power Figure (Nkisi) | wood, cowrie shells, fiber, and palm oil | 20th century | |
Elepant Spirit Crest Mask (Ogbodo Enyi) | wood and metal | mid 20th century | |
Aja Nsukka | Okore, Nnenna | burlap, with handmade paper, dye, and acrylic paint | 2014 |
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- Idoma [1]
- Igbo [1]
- Jenne [2]
- Kalabari [2]
- Kenyan - British [1]
- Kongo [2]
- Kota [1]
- Kuba [1]
- Kusu or Luba [1]
- Luba [1]
- Makonde [1]
- Manyema - Swahili [1]
- Nigerian [1]
- Nok [1]
- Nuna [1]
- Omani - Zanzabari [1]
- Pende [1]
- Senegalese [4]
- Senufo [1]
- Songye [1]
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- Swahili [2]
- Vai [1]
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- Yoruba [15]
- Zombo [1]