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Cache Sexe
Yoruba, Nigeria
Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld '53 Collection of African
and Oceanic Art
Bryn Mawr College Art and Archaeology Collection |
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Magic Figure
Songe, Zaire
Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld '53 Collection of African
and Oceanic Art
Bryn Mawr College Art and Archaeology Collection |
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Tyilo-Tyilo
Louis Maqhubela, born 1939, South Africa
1997
Gouache on paper
H x W: 74.5 x 56 cm (29 5/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Museum purchase
98-19-2
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Photograph by Franko Khoury |
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Double figure (akua’ba)
Asante peoples
Ghana
Early – mid 20th century
Wood, glass beads, plant fiber, metal
H x W x D: 34.8 x 15.3 x 6.6 cm (13 11/16 x 6 x 2 5/8 in.)
Acquisition grant from the James Smithson Society and museum
purchase
87-4-1
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Photograph by Franko Khoury |
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Contradictions of Joy
Ali Omar Ermes, born 1945, Libya
1993
Acrylic and ink on paper
H x W: 121.5 x 153.4 cm (47 13/16 x 60 3/8 in,)
Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program
96-22-1
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Photograph by Franko Khoury |
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Face mask (panya ngombe)
Pende peoples
Democratic Republic of Congo
Early-mid 20th century
Wood, pigment, plant fiber
H x W x D: 24.1 x 56.5 x 10.1 cm (9 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 4 in.)
Museum purchase
92-6-1
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Photograph by Franko Khoury |