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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
The Art and Artifacts Division collects, documents, preserves, and interprets art and artifacts by and about peoples of African heritage throughout the world. Fine and applied art and material culture objects from the seventeenth century to the present are collected, with emphasis on the visual arts of the twentieth century in the United States and Africa.
Items in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division See More
"St. Jacques Majeurs" vèvè flag
Honor King: End Racism!
White fence
Arthur Schomburg Story Quilts
The Harp
Free the Scottsboro Boys
Handing down the Verdict. 1st Scottsboro Trial
Anna Lucasta
Reliquary Mask
Kuba mask
The Bright and Morning Star: Its Rise and Fall During the Era of Reconstruction
Black Heritage from the Schomburg Collection
Honored at 81 Branches: The Library Card
Hymns to the Rising Sun
Spark: Organ of the Vanguard
Gamin
Gamin
The Patriots
Manhunt
KKK (Untitled)
Cowry shells
Getting ready for Hanging (Lynching)
K.K.K.
The Fugitive
Strange Fruit
Collections in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art
116 items
Art and Artifacts Division Button Collection
95 items
Poster Collection
81 items
Painting and Sculpture Collection
35 items
Works on paper collection
25 items
Material culture collection
4 items
Costume and Textile Collection
3 items
Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection
2 items
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Grumet Collection
2 items
Blondiau theatre arts collection
2 items
Oxmantown Collection of West African Art
1 item
Abolitionists coins
1 item
Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection