Afaso Flag

Kweku Kakanu, born ca. 1910
Fante peoples
Ghana
ca. 1935
Commercial cotton cloth
H x W: 108 x 152.4 cm (42 1/2 x 60 in.)
Museum purchase
88-10-1


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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Crest mask

Ejagham peoples
Nigeria
Late 19th-late 20th century
Wood, antelope skin, palm fiber, bamboo, metal pigment
H x W: 63.5 x 86 cm (25 x 33 7/8 in.)
Museum purchase
88-11-1


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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Slit gong

Lobala or Yangere peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Late 19th-early 20th century
Wood
H x W: 63.5 x 248 x 47 cm (25 x 97 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian
Collections Acquisition Program, and museum purchase
92-12-1


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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Pintades

Pilipili Mulongoy, born 1914, Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Ilunga, born Democratic Republic of the Congo
ca. 1950
Oil on masonite
H x W: 125 x 247 cm (49 3/16 x 97 1/4 in.)
Museum purchase
92-15-4


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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Moon and Dog

David Koloane, born 1938, South Africa
1995
Acrylic on canvas
H x W: 109.3 x 104 cm (43 1/16 x 40 15/16 in.)
Museum purchase
96-31-1


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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Painting

Kaballa, born 1920, Democratic Republic of the Congo
ca. 1940s-1950s
Oil on paper
H x W: 37.9 x 51.5 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Anonymous gift
2002-11-4


Photograph by Franko Khoury
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

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