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Dogon (Dogon (culture or style))
Walu Antelope Mask
1900 – 1971
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.26
Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.<br />
Salampasu (Salampasu)
Mask (Kasangu)
1920 – 1960
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.44
Cylindrical vessel with interlocking linear pattern carved on the interior of the lip. The body of the vessel is carved with interlocking chevrons and a fiber rope is wrapped around its neck. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Bowl
1885 – 1895
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.161
An oval wooden face made of dark shiny wood with a textile braid of hair all around, wrapped tight to the head. The eyes are slightly shut and the mouth is open.
Dan
Face Mask
1800 – 1999
Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communications in memory of Warren M. Robbins
2014/2.24
Wooden mask in the form of a stylized human face. Large, round eyes sit below a prominent forehead. The ears are small semi-circles on each side of the head and the mouth is open to reaveal teeth. Human hair and natural fibers form the mask's headdress and beard. 
Mask
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.343

Ippo
Netsuke of mouse and chestnut on leaves
19th century
Museum purchase made possible by a gift of Mrs. Ruth Sinsheimer and others, in memory of Joseph E. Sinsheimer, Professor of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Toxicology, The University of Michigan
1997/2.20

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Dragon head (finial for a staff or a piece of ceremonial furniture)
1200 – 1332
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1969/2.20

African (African (general, continental cultures))
Standing Figure
TC2006.18
Barrel form cup with handle. Geometric pattern consisting of multiple intersecting lines. There is a crack from the top running vertically down the cup.&nbsp;
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Cup
1890 – 1960
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.647
Vertically positioned cup with a slight bulge in the middle. Trapezoid shaped handle with intersecting linear design on it. The top and base of the cup are carved with multiple horizontal lines and in between are interlocking chevrons.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Cup
1890 – 1960
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.654
Small bowl supported by two fish on a circular base. The two fish are curved so that the head, tail, and one fin support the bowl while the middle of the body rests on the base. The other fin connects the fish&#39;s tail to the head. The edge of the bowl and the base are decorated with incised diagonal marks.&nbsp;
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Bowl
1901 – 1999
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.669
With carved linear design and metal wire.
Zulu
Container
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.680
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