African Art history

DRC, Kuba, Status

DRC, Kuba, Status

DRC, Kuba, Status

DRC, Luba, Chiefs stool, royalty

DRC, Luba, headrest, royalty

DRC, Songye, Enkisi figure, power

DRC, Songye, Tells fables/morals when performed

DRC, Songye, Bena Lulua, maternity, motherhood

DRC, Pende, Female mask, initiation

DRC, Yaka, Enkisi, divination

DRC, Yaka, Mask, resolving conflict

DRC, Luba, Chief staff, status

Gabon/Cameroon, Fang, Protection/funerary

Gabon/Cameroon, Fang, Reliquary

Gabon, Kota, Reliquary

Gabon, (Ma )Hongwe, Reliquary

Cameroon, Bamaleke, Royalty/funerary, Elephant mask

DRC, Vili, spiritual

DRC, Vili, divination

DRC, Chokwe, "Chibinda Ilunga" Royal Ancestor, Power

DRC, Luba, Lukasa, memory board, divination

Cameroon, Bamum, spiderweb in eyes/spiritual, Funerary/ceremonial

Gabon, Punu, Ancestral, initiation,

Burkina Faso, Bwa, ceremonial

Mali, Bamana, Chiwara mask, cultivation

Cote d’ivore, Dan, ceremonial/initiation

Ghana, Ashante, Akuaba Doll, Maternal/healing

Mali, Bamana, Ceremonial/initiation

Nigeria, Nok, ancestral

Ghana, Ashanti, ceremonial

Mali, Dogon, funerary/ceremonial

Cote d’ivore, Baule, ceremonial/status

Nigeria, Yoruba, twin figures, funerary

Nigeria, Benin City, status

Burkina Faso, Bwa, Ceremonial

Ghana, Ashanti, Kente cloth, status

Cote d’ivoire, Senufo, initiation

Nigeria, Ife, queen mother, funerary

Nigeria, Yoruba, status

Cote d'ivoire, Senufo, ceremonial

Cote d’Ivoire, Dan, initiation

Nigeria, Yoruba, diviners plate, healing

Mali, Dogon, door, protection

Cote d’ivoire, Senufo, helmet, ceremonial

Sierra Leone, Mende, Initiation, age grade

Nigeria, Benin City, status, Leopard and mudskipper

Cote d’ivoire, Baule, Ceremonial

Nigeria, Benin City, Maternal

Nigeria, Yoruba, political/maternal