Jar

Maninka people, Mali, African

20th century

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Short robe of dark khaki cotton with crew neck and butterfly sleeves, the entire garment is hand embroidered with red, yellow, beige and blue cotton threads in a pattern consisting of wave-pattern bands at the waist and neck as well as along the sleeves and hem, within the bands is a pattern of irregularly-shaped organic elements, or gongs, and crescent shapes interspersed with diamonds and triangles.
Hat of a Chief or Elder, Republic of Cameroon, African, cotton, indigo and red dye
A male kifwebe mask of wood with a very tall curved median crest and a rectangular mouth pierced in a cruciform shape and containing a mouthpiece, decorated with wide bands of black and white pigments with red highlights, an encrusted patina.
Red velvet man's kufi-style hat embellished with gold thread.