Art of Africa

The Art of Africa online collection comprises 52 objects.

About the Collection

The vast range and complex variety of African art can be glimpsed in this selection of works from the Museum’s collection, supplemented by a major recent gift. In 2009, the Museum’s holdings of African art were expanded through the transfer of hundreds of pieces from the Sana Art Foundation. Founded by Museum supporters Edward and Mina Smith, the Sana Art Foundation Collection was created to inspire education, awareness, and access to art from the cultural regions of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. As these works, distinguished by their temporary accession numbers, are catalogued and made a part of the permanent collection, the Museum will better serve its mission to present audiences with art from across the centuries and around the globe.

Chief's Ceremonial Staff Artist Unknown 2008.326	Trumpet (with fiddle-head finial) Artist Unknown 2008.325	Drum Artist Unknown 2008.324	Percussion Instrument Artist Unknown 2008.323.2	Asafo Flag (with three figures) Artist Unknown 2008.322
Scepter Artist Unknown 2008.321	Bull Mask Artist Unknown 2006.267	Tiraz fragment Artist Unknown 2006.228	Pounder (in form of a female) Artist Unknown 2005.164.2	Pounder (in form of a male) Artist Unknown 2005.164.1
Standing Female Figure Artist Unknown 2005.147	Mask Artist Unknown 2005.146	Door Hanging Artist Unknown 2005.124	Staff (with bird head) Artist Unknown 2002.227	Dance and Hunting Headdress and Decoy Artist Unknown 1984.37
Figure, Male Artist Unknown 1979.56.2	Figure, Male Artist Unknown 1979.56.1	Miniature Mask Artist Unknown 1979.54	Lidded Container Artist Unknown 1979.50.1-.2	Figural Post Artist Unknown 1979.49