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Knife, before 1916.Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, 20th century.Iron, wood,

Ngaady aMwaash mask of the Kuba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Now in the Ro

Wooden palm wine cup (mbwoongntey) in the shape of a human head, of the Kuba people, Lulua or Kasai

KING & QUEEN

The new #BKMAfricanArt installation Double Take: African Innovations invites a closer look of more t

Ndop portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul of the Kuba people, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  

Masks of the Punu people, Gabon

Mwaash aMbooy mask of the Kuba people, Lulua Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Made of pa

Wooden bwoom helmet-mask of the Kuba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Artist u

How do societies imagine what their founders looked like? How do they pass that image on to future g

WhistlesDate: mid-19th centuryGeography: Democratic Republic of the CongoCulture: KubaMedium: WoodSo

Take me to reality, and drag me to the truth. #sza #repost @eighthh_wonder #melanin #melaninonfleek

Hyena mask of the Bwa people, Burkina Faso, made from painted wood and vegetable fibers.  Now in the

Tiered hat with brass discs (botolo).20th century. Ekonda peoples, Democratic Republic of CongoCoile

Knife,Central Africa,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangala, early 20th Century, brass and iron, 

Waist Pendant: EquestrainDate: 16th–19th centuryGeography: Nigeria, Court of BeninCulture: Edo peopl

Head of an Oba, 16th century (ca. 1550), Nigeria, Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass, 23.5 cm | The

Plaque: Warrior and Attendants, 16th–17th century Nigeria; Edo peoples, Court of BeninBrass; H. 18 &

Pendant in the form of the head of an African (known as Ethiopian), 9th–8th century b.c., the Metrop

Women’s costumes from regions of the Ottoman empire by Jost Amman and Abraham de Bruyn, 1577;W

met-africa-oceania:Frog Pendant, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americ

Onesimus, an enslaved West African man, convinced Cotton Mather to support the practice of inoculati

We are thieves, you and I. We shouldn’t be happy with our place in life. We should be angry ab

met-africa-oceania:Ear Ornament, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americ

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