Mask

Nuna peoples, Burkina Faso
20th century
Wood, pigment, ritual accumulation
Length 98.5 cm (38 3/4 in.)
Collection of Joan and Fred Nicholas

Funerary figure

Mahafaly peoples, Madagascar
Late 19th to early 20th century
Wood
Height 96.5 cm (38 in.)
Collection of Nancy and Robert Nooter

Mask

Attributed to Bayansi peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
19th century
Wood, pigment
Height 29 cm (11 3/8 in.)
Collection of Darwin and Geri Reedy

Figure

Mambila peoples, Cameroon
Wood, pigment
Height 48.8 cm (19 1/4 in.)
Collection of Darwin and Geri Reedy

Pair of figures

Guro peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
20th century
Wood
Height male 59.8 cm (23 1/2 in.); female 60 cm (23 5/8 in.)
Collection of Darwin and Geri Reedy

Scepter

Kongo peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo
18th to 19th century
Ivory, resin
Height 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Collection of Laura and James J. Ross

Mask with figure

Guro peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Wood, pigment, aluminum
Height 59.3 cm (23 3/8 in.)
Collection of
Shirley and Ralph Shapiro

Figure

Kongo peoples, Mayombe region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Late 19th to early 20th century
Wood, feathers, resin, mirror glass, pigment, cloth, iron
Height 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Collection of Saul and Marsha Stanoff

Mask

Sango or Vuvi peoples, Gabon
Late 19th to 20th century
Wood, pigment, plant fiber
Height 36 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Courtesy Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis

Mask

Bwa peoples, Burkina Faso
20th century
Wood, pigment
Height 201.2 cm (79 1/8 in.)
Collection of
Shirley and Ralph Shapiro

Granary door

Dogon peoples, Mali
Wood
Height 69 cm (27 1/4 in.)
Collection of Arnold and Joanne Syrop