Editorial“The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria,” by Jusepe de Ribera, 1648, center back, with “Gwandansu,” 15th–20th century, by a Bamana artist from Mali, in the foreground, on display in “The African Origin of Civilization” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dec. 28, 2021. (Seth Caplan/The New York Times)