Publicity photograph, "Darkest Africa" pavilion

Pan-American Exposition

Buffalo, NY, 1901

West African Pavilion

Exposition Coloniale Internationale

Paris, France, 1931

Arab women (Felladines) carrying water

Pascal Sebah, Turkey, 1880

Eiffel Tower

Exposition Universelle

Paris, France, 1900

Dahomean Village

Exposition Universelle

Paris, France, 1900

Arch of the Republic

in the White City

World's Columbian Exposition

Chicago, IL, 1893

Dahomean Village in the Midway Plaisance

World's Columbian Exposition

Chicago, IL, 1893

Views of Cairo Streets in the Midway Plaisance

World's Columbian Exposition

Chicago, IL, 1893

Royal Lineage Memorial Figure

presented as a gift to Hans Glauning by King Ibrahim Njoya

Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon, 19th c.

(Wood, glass beads, cowries, brass sheeting)

Royal Lineage Memorial Figure

Gift to Captain Glauning from King Njoya

Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon, 19th c.

(wood, glass beads, cowries, brass sheeting)

Bamum King Ibrahim Njoya

in German militay uniform

beside his father's throne

1905

Bamum King Ibrahim Njoya

in Muslim attire, giving audience

1912

Exhibition of objects from Cameroon

Museum for Volkerkunde

Frankfurt, Germany, 1906

Memorial figure of Queen Mother

Kom Kingdom, Cameroon, mid-19th c.

(wood, glass beads, brass, human hair, redwood powder)

Royal Headdress (mpelet)

Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon, 19th c.

(beads, cowries [mbuum: money], cloth)

Afo-A-Kom Royal Memorial Figure

Kom Kingdom, Cameroon, mid-19th c.

(wood, glass beads, brass)

Fon Jina Bo II at this enthronement

standing before Royal Lineage Memorial Figures, including the Afo-A-Kom

Kom Kingdom, Cameroon, 1979

Hunter's shirt with daliluw (recipes for harnesing nyama)

Bamana, Mande, Mali, 20th c.

(strip-woven cloth, teeth, horns, leather, tin, medicinal amulets)

Equestrial warrior

Mande (unearthed at Djenne), 13th-15th c.

(terracotta)

Gwandusu figure, associated with Gwan Society

Bamana, Mande, Mali, early 20th c.

(wood)

Gwantigi figure, associated with Gwan Society

Bamana, Mande, Mali, early 20th c.

(wood)

Tyi wara headdress (male)

Bamana, Mande, Mali, 20th c.

(wood)

Tyi wara headdress (female) and mask

Bamana, Mande, Mali, late 20th c.

(wood, cloth, raffia, paint, brass plating)

Bogolanfini, woman's "mud-cloth" textile

Bamana, Mande, Mali, 1956

(cotton, natural dyes)

Nakunte Diarra

Hunter's shirt made from bogolanfini, "mud-cloth" textile

Bamana, Mande, Mali, 1993

(cotton, natural dyes)

Groupe Bogolan Kasabane, Mystery

 Mali, c. 1995

(cotton textile, natural dyes)

Atelier Jamana, Untitled

Mali, early 1990s

(wooden plaque, natural dyes used in making bogolan)

Kome Kun ("Head of Komo" Society) headdress

"It's not an animal -- it is a secret."

Bamana, Mande, Mali, late 19th-early 20th c.

(wood, crust of sacrificial material, antelope horns, boar tusk, porcupine quills, feathers, hair, mirror, daliluw [medicinal packets])

Boli power figure, associated with the Komo Society

Bamana, Mandle, Mali, early 20th c.

(earth, crust of sacrifical material, excrement, daliluw [medicines])

Ntomo Society mask headdress

Bamana, Mande, Mali, 20th c.

(wood)

Ismael Diabate, Si Kolona (The Earth)

Mali, 1992

(cotton textile, natural dyes)

Seydou Keita, Untitled (Muslim Businessman)

1950s

(gelatin silver print)

Seydou Keita, Untitled (Two Women on a Vespa)

1960

(gelatin silver print)

Malick Sidibe, James Brown Fans

1965

(gelatin silver print)

Malick Sidibe, On A Vespa

1963

(gelatin silver print)

Malick Sidibe, Dancers

1963

(gelatin silver print)

Yasigine/Satimbe mask

"Sister on the Head" or "Great Woman"

Dogon, Mali, 1990s

(wood, dyed hibiscus fibers, cowries, leather, beads)

Figure with upraised arms

(Nommo, supplicant in prayer? defensive figure?)

Tellem people, Mali, pre-16th c.

(wood, crust of sacrificial material)

Togu na men's meeting house (posts and thatched roof)

Domina Sagou village, Dogon, Mali, undated

(wood, paint)

Rock wall with painted ideograms associated with Awa Society

Songa village, Bandiagara Escarpment

Kanaga headdress

Dogon, Mali, early 20th c.

(wood, hibiscus fibers, paint)

Dama funerary masqurade, featuring Kanaga, antelope and leopard masks

Dogon, Mali, 1990s

Figure of Hermaphrodite

Dogon, Mali, late 19th-early 20th c.

(wood)

Ginna lineage leader's house

Unknown village, Dogon, Mali, undated

(brick, clay, thatch)

Emna anyara, "Mask of a European"

(depicting Walter van Beek)

Dogon, Mali, 1990

(wood, bright red paint, hair)

Primordial supernatural couple or ideal human couple?

Dogon, Mali, late 19th c.

(wood)

Binu sanctuary marked with ideograms

Unknown village, Dogon, Mali, undated

(wood, clay, stone, chalk)

Binu sanctuary (site of divination rituals)

Songa village, Dogon, Mali, 1990s

(brick and clay)

Antelope headdress

Dogon, Mali, early 20th c.

(wood, paint, fiber)