Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, A Rite of Passage: The Velvet Cat Tail and the Silk Tiger Lily, Wood, metallic foil, 45 RPM vinyl record, artificial flowers, Saran wrap, metal staples, fabric, plastic beads, and fiber-tipped pen, 98.7 x 39.4 x 38.4 centimeters, 1987-1988, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Jolanta Rudzka-Habisiak, Untitled Book, Folded paper, some ink printed, mounted on board, re-plied cotton cord, 1999, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Jacob Lawrence, They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions, one of them being great floods that ruined the crops, and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were, Casein tempera on hardboard, 18 x 12 inches, 1940-41, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty II - early Dynasty, Model of men herding cattle, Wood, 63 x 18 x 26 centimeters, 2010-1961 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts
Ejagham peoples, Headdress:Head, Nigeria, Cross River region, Wood, skin, pigment, iron nails, 41.3 x 12.4 x 18.4 centimeters, 19th-20th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York