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Gold mask of the Akan people, Côte d'Ivoire.  Artist unknown; ca. 1890-1910.  Now in theMusée du qua

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Yoruba twin statuettes covered with shells.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

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Gon mask evoking a gorilla, of the Kwele people, Republic of the Congo or Gabon.  Artist unknown; ea

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Egungun mask of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

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19th century Zulu shield.  Now in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.

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Reliquary figure of the Kota people, Gabon.  Artist unknown; 19th century.  Now in the Musée du quai

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Ceremonial axe of the Songye people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Artist unknown;

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Yoruba-style helmet (copper alloy) depicting two birds of prey attacking a horse-headed snake.  From

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Wooden bwoom helmet-mask of the Kuba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Artist u

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Mask from the Ogoja region, Nigeria, attr. to the artist Gabriel Akpabio (20th cent.)  Now in the Mu

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Hogon cup (Ogo banya) of the Dogon people, Mali, used in the enthronement of a Hogon (political/spir

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Terracotta statuette of the Koma people of present-day Ghana.  Artist unknown; 13th-16th century.  N

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Wooden pot with lid, of the Swazi people, present-day South Africa or Swaziland.  Artist unknown; 19

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Wooden female (eyema byeri) statuette of the Fang Ntumu people, Gabon.  Artist unknown; 19th century

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Wooden funerary sculpture for resting the neck, of the Dogon people, Mali.  Artist unknown; caa. 890

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Wooden tukah royal mask of the Bamileke people, Cameroon.  Artist unknown; 1st half of 19th century.

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Wooden helmet-mask of the Igala people, Benue River Valley, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; early 20th cen

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Wooden statuette of the Tsonga people, South Africa/Mozambique.  Artist unknown; 19th century.  Now

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Pot with lid of the Nguni people of South Africa.  Artist unknown; 19th century.  Now in the Musée d

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Painted wood ikenga statuette of the Igbo people, Awka region, south-east Nigeria.  Artist unknown;

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