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BM: Arts of Africa (Bot)
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Sharing artworks from Brooklyn Museum's African Art department.
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Knife https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22050
Knife
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Mask of Face with Void Eyes https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/100316
Mask of Face with Void Eyes
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Wristlet https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/13017
Wooden cylinders strung on iron. Condition: fair.
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Spear https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/142278
Spear
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Standing Male Figure https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2893
Carved wooden standing male figure. Light wood stained black. Face wide. Arms and torso are flat, lean, and long. Coiffure has high, rounded, parallel ridges running front to back; back of hair worked into flat concentric circles. Band of small scars across brow and along edge of jaw. Holes in earlobe. Trunk and upper arms ornamented with vertical bands made up of diagonal incisions. Some cracking on figure. Arm restored 1/68.
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Hammock with Openwork https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/159001
Hammock with Openwork
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Bush Cow Mask https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2972
Dark wood mask of the head of a horned animal. Horizontal composition, slightly parted teeth. Has large mouth, large flared nostrils and almond shaped eyes. There is a ridge going down the center of the face and two pointed ears. The horns curve into the center and at the base of the horns there is an incised geometric pattern with pigment. Condition Paint missing on horns.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Cap https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2936
Technique used-coiling and knotting. The knotting is raised in dark brown raffia. A natural color is also present.
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Gold-weight (abrammuo): male figure https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116404
Gold-weight (abrammuo): male figure
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Comb https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/13312
Comb
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Hip Ornament with Human Face (Uhunmwun-ekue) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/153311
Human face with ornate adornments. Semi-circular "crown" extends above forehead with lattice-like area and three 5-lobed decorations at center. Small, globular forms around edge. At forehead, five strands of "beads." Above each eye, three vertical incised lines. Band of incised lines from center of brow to tip of nose. Seven strands of beads represented around lower edge of face. Extending from beaded strands, series of conical projections, resembling ruffled collar; loops attached to each flaring element. Five small, figure-eight shaped wires attached to loops.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Cylindrical Box with Cover https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12663
Cylindrical Box with Cover
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Currency Form https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/171384
Currency Form
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Personal Miniature Mask https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/153045
Personal Miniature Mask
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Vessel https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/168615
Vessel
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Cache Sexe/Apron https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/107473
Cache Sexe/Apron
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Small Drum https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22070
Small Drum
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Comb https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/13327
Comb
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Raffia Cloth https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/142255
Raffia Cloth
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Dance Wand for Eshu (Ogo Elegba) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12656
Wood staff in form of kneeling female figure. Holds flask in each hand. Stained black. Condition: Good, headdress broken off.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Figure https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/215994
Figure
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Dance Headdress (Ci-wara) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116643
Dance Headdress (Ci-wara)
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Standing Figure https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/122353
Standing Figure
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Anthropomorphic Vessel https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/120255
Anthropomorphic Vessel
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Divination Instrument https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/109890
Divination Instrument
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM