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Over twenty countries. Over two millennia. African art that speaks.

From the twelfth-century laterite monoliths of the Nyonyosi to the grassland masks of the Babanki master carvers — 1,401 objects, documented with the precision African art deserves.

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Chamba — altar power figure
Selected
Chamba
altar power figure
Objects
1,401
Fully documented
1361
Peoples
187
From the vitrine

A first look

A curated selection from the ethnographically researched holdings — provenance, terminology, ritual context, sources.

Chamba — altar power figure
No. 0481
Chamba

altar power figure

Nigeria1st half of the 20th cent.wood / iron
In progressAnalysis to come
No. 311
Bamileke

BATCHAM Mask

Cameroonwood
Inland Niger Delta — two figures - equestrian and human
No. 0799
Inland Niger Delta

two figures - equestrian and human

Mali12th–16th cent.bronze
Senufo — KPELIE mask
No. 0624
Senufo

KPELIE mask

Ivory Coast1st half of the 20th cent.wood / fibers
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