The Cleveland Museum of Art Special Exhibitions Gallery of Sub-Saharan African Art

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Image of <I>Comb</I>, mid–late 1800s<br>Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo, <br>Chokwe people <br>Wood, beads <br>The Harold R. Clark Educational Extension Fund, <br>Education Collection 1915.453
Comb, mid–late 1800s
Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Chokwe people
Wood, beads
The Harold R. Clark Educational Extension Fund,
Education Collection 1915.453

Curator's Highlight Tour

The gallery is organized geographically with a division in four broad cultural regions: Western Sudan, Guinea Coast, Nigeria and the Congo Basin. Objects from the same culture are shown together and contrasted with those of their neighbors.

This arrangement illustrates the formal and stylistic relationships between neighboring artistic traditions and emphasizes the uniqueness of the arts of distinct peoples.

The cultural regions are marked in the gallery by four free-standing cases containing a single work of art that may be viewed from all sides.


Head of a Hobbyhorse (korèduga so)
Image of <I>Bush Buffalo Mask</I>, early–mid 1900s<br>Burkina Faso or Mali, possibly Bwa people <br>Wood, fibers <br>Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.2 Bush Buffalo Mask
Image of <I>Mother-and-Child Figure,</I> 1800s–1900s<br>Ivory Coast, Senufo people <br>Wood <br>James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford <br>Memorial Fund 1961.198 Mother-and-child figure
Image of <I>Serpent Headdress</I>, late 1800s–early 1900s<br>Guinea, possibly Baga people <br>Wood <br>The Norweb Collection 1960.37 Serpent headdress
Image of <I>Face Mask</I>, early 1900s<br>Ivory Coast, possibly Yaure people <br>Wood <br>Gift of Katherine C. White 1971.296 Face mask
Image of <I>Mother-and-Child Caryatid Vessel (agere ifa)</I>, mid–late 1800s<br>Nigeria, Southern Ekiti region, Yoruba people <br>Wood <br>Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1994.2 Mother-and-Child Caryatid Vessel (agere ifa)
Image of <I>Plaque</I>, possibly 1500s–mid 1600s<br>Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo people <br>Brass <br>John L. Severance Fund, 1999.1 Plaque
Image of <I>Helmet Mask (bwoom)</I>, mid–late 1800s<br>Democratic Republic of the Congo, <br>Kuba people <br>Wood <br>James Albert Ford Memorial Fund 1935.304 Helmet mask
Image of <I>Mask (tsekedi, myondo, or ndeemba)</I>, early 1900s<br>Democratic Republic of the Congo, <br>Yaka people <br>Wood, cloth, fibers <br>Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.8 Mask

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