The Museum’s collection of African art numbers approximately 1,200 objects, including traditional artforms—ceremonial objects and figural sculpture, household objects, bodily adornments—as well as modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography. The collection has grown consistently since the late 1960s thanks to alumni donors. It includes works from peoples from across the continent, with particular strength in the art of sub-Saharan west Africa, especially the Bamana and Dogon peoples of Mali, the Yoruba of Nigeria, the Bamileke and Kirdi of Cameroon, and the Dan and Baule of Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, ancient Egypt, Algeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, and the Sudan are represented. In particular, gifts and selected purchases in recent years have also built an important group of Ethiopian works including, crosses of various types, books, and paintings on goatskin and panel.