Collections
- African Art
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The African Art Collection contains ceremonial and utilitarian artifacts as well as objects of personal adornment including intricate beadwork, fabric, wooden figures, masks, metal works, carved ivory and ceramics. The artifacts are from several different regions of Africa continent including works by the Zulu, Xhosa, Thembu and Ndebele of southern Africa, the Yoruba, Baule and Dogon of western Africa, the Turkana and Batonka of eastern Africa, and the Kuba, Kirdi and Mangbetu from middle Africa....
- American Art
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The American Art Collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculptures from the 18th century to the present. The OMA's 18th, 19th and 20th-century holdings feature works by artists such as John Singer Sargent, Thomas Moran, George Inness, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, Suzanne McClelland, Robert Rauschenberg, Pat Steir, Morris Louis, John Chamberlain and Dennis Oppenheim, among others....
- Art of the Ancient Americas
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The Art of the Ancient Americas Collection contains ceramic, jade, stone, cloth, gold and silver artifacts from more than 30 different cultural groups. These objects represent cultures from North America, Central America and South America, and date from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1521. Major cultures represented in the collection include the Anasazi and Mogollon of the Southwestern United States; Colima, Aztec and Zapotec of Mexico; Diquis and Nicoya of Costa Rica; Verguas of Panama; and Inca, Moche and Nasca of Peru....