Introduction | Ousmane Sow | Technique and Object | Toussaint Louverture | Gold | Art at home | Womanhood | Artists | Nigerian modernism | Metals | Encoded meanings | Emblems of status | Ethiopia | Masks | Movement and gesture | How to Look at African Art (pdf) | Gallery hunt answers | African Mosaic collection | Collecting The World In African Art (NPR interview)




Stool
Luba peoples, Kabalo region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mid- to late 19th century
Wood, glass beads
Gift from the Kuhn Family Trust, 2000-22-1

Stool
Dan peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Late 19th to early 20th century
Wood, metal
Museum purchase, 2005-5-1

Large study for Masquerader
Sokari Douglas Camp
b. 1958, Nigeria
1981
Acrylic, graphite, spray paint on paper
Gift of Michael Graham-Stewart in memory of Philip Ravenhill, Sylvia and Charlton Williams, 2002-15-1
Introduction | Ousmane Sow | Technique and Object | Toussaint Louverture | Gold | Art at home | Womanhood | Artists | Nigerian modernism | Metals | Encoded meanings | Emblems of status | Ethiopia | Masks | Movement and gesture | How to Look at African Art (pdf) | Gallery hunt answers | African Mosaic collection | Collecting The World In African Art (NPR interview)