National Museum of African Art Play Video Plan Your Visit Visit Virtually Exhibitions Current Upcoming View in Full Screen Mode On View at the National Museum of African Art Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary :: መቅደስ :: Mekdes Ongoing Benin Bronzes: Ambassadors of the Oba Ongoing Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa’s Arts Ongoing Wind Sculpture VII Ongoing Currents: Water in African Art Ongoing Upcoming Public Programs See full events calendar Book Talk with Joe Rohde Friday, October 16 3:00pm - 5:00pm Explore the Collections Pause Scrolling Skip past the 49 items in this section Toussaint Louverture et la vieille esclave Wind Sculpture VII Face mask Untitled Female figure Reliquary guardian figure High-back stool Blue Bra Girls Tusk Womanology 12 Untitled Fiber mask with costume Staff Rainbow Serpent Female figure with child The Preacher III Female figure Chief's hat Face mask Basket Bowl Pitcher Cup Bracelet Totems to Haunt our Dreams Spinal diagnosis - a regenerate case no.2 Nest of Pain Past/Future MAGADI 02_PORTRAIT Umbhexeshi Sai Mado (The Distant Gaze) Mass Mobilization Les Femmes du Maroc Revisited #1 Wedding Souvenirs Sarogua Mourning Unconscious Struggle Pam Dlungwana, Vredehoek, Cape Town Untitled La Source (Ètats Désunis d'Afrique) Woman Tote Man Zongo It Is Only When You Lose Your Mother That She Becomes Myth A series of personal questions addressed to a Chewa mask made in the image of Elvis Presley Three African Rulers (Traditional) Empty Otan City Witch Craft We Don't Want to Go Iya Ewe Boy and the Candle Dive Deeper More Dive Deeper stories Janet Stanley 1945-2026 African Vision: The Walt Disney–Tishman African Art Collection Highlights Who is Chief S.O. Alonge? Sisters of Ethiopia Learn more about African Art About NMAfA Dive Deeper Support Plan your visit
