Sculpture Africa Gallery

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Gold head originating from 19th century Africa,Part of the Wallace Collection.

Figure of a female devotee of the Yoruba thunder deity Shango, holding the god’s characteristic symb

Consuelo Kanaga, one of the pioneers of modern American photography, began her career as a photojour

cheskasmagicshire:nerthos:geoffsayshi:krystvega:The African Renaissance Monument in Senegal, larger

“How have Black artists incorporated African art forms in their work?”Visitors make amazing discover

Bronze head of a man, thought to be a north African. Artist unknown; ca. 300 BCE. Found beneath th

Hogon cup (Ogo banya) of the Dogon people, Mali, used in the enthronement of a Hogon (political/spir

Female figure (mwana hiti) of the Doe people, Tanzania. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the E

The works in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art are organized around the idea that masquerade is

If you ask someone to name five artists, they will likely name prominent male artists, but how many

Fragment of a terracotta head, from the ancient Yoruba city of Ife, in present-day Osun State, Niger

Charles Cordier (1827-1905)|“Mauresque Noire” (“Black Moorish Woman”) (1856)Bronze, silver, gilt, an

Male figure (ofika) used in the initiation rites of the all-male Lilwa association within the Mbole

Figure of a man holding a crocodile, from the Sapi culture of present-day Sierra Leone. Artist unkn

Benin Plaque of a warrior or noble. Benin City, Nigeria. 16thC-17thC. British Museum. This is one of

Head of an Oba, Nigeria, Court of Benin, 18th century

Brass Male Warrior figure. Lower Niger, Nigeria, Lower Niger River region. 1455–1640. Met Museum, Ne

Working on something new! I’ll add two baby elephants to this loving mother. Which means even

elegantly-tasteless: Underwater sculpture, in Grenada, in honor of our African ancestors thrown over

Underwater sculpture, in Grenada, in honor of our African ancestors thrown overboard. I couldnt no

“Black people have always known they were the inspiration for art,” John Edmonds recently told

mia-africa-americas: Quadruped, before 1500, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Art of Africa and the Ame

Throwback Thursday to a few weeks ago when “Wind Sculpture VII” was dazzling outside our National Mu

cma-african-art: Head, c. 1900, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtAmong the Lobi, such a sculpture

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