Arts Of Africa Gallery

Mother-and-Child Figure (Bwanga bwa Chibola), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mother-and-Child Figure (Bwanga bwa Chibola), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mid-late 19th century

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Mummy Portrait of a Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath, Fayum, Early to mid-2nd century

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Shabti, Overseer of Tchenetipet, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period

Shabti, Overseer of Tchenetipet, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21 (1069 BCE-945 BCE)

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