Africa before Transatlantic Enslavement


Ivory bracelet


Small Manillas


Baule comb


Asante cosmetic pots


'Talking' drum from the Asante of Ghana


'Oware' board


Calabash Guitar


Engraving of the City of Loango


Beads


Ivory trade token


Bow lyre


Asante weights for gold dust


Asante boxes for gold dust


Small drum with stick


Mask of the Sande Society


Calabash Bottle


Brass Plaque, Edo Peoples, Benin, Nigeria


Cowrie Shell Belt


King Manila


Benin Leopard


Asante sword and sheath


Adala Anklets


Small drum


Head of an 'Oba' from the Edo of Benin


Guinea Coin, 1686


Wrought Iron Gong


Ceremonial Headdress


Bead bracelets


Asante stool


Welt River Harp


Carved ivory tusk


Drum from Haiti


Ivory Tobacco Rasp


Wooden Oboe or Algiata

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