Exhibitions: The Arts of Africa: Audio  

This tour is narrated by Museum Director Arnold Lehman and features commentary by William Siegmann, former Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands. You will also hear the voices of Rowland Abiodun (John C. Newton Professor of Art and Art History and Black Studies at Amherst College), Deborah Willis (Professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University), and Myrah Brown Green (quilt artist and Brooklyn Museum Guide).

This tour may be also be downloaded in its entirety from iTunes U. Launch Arts of Africa on iTunes U. (Link will open in iTunes.)

Introduction

Introduction

Kanaga Mask in Three Pieces

Kanaga Mask in Three Pieces

Dance Headdress (Chi Wara) 

Dance Headdress (Chi Wara)

Dance Headdress (Chi Wara): Story

Dance Headdress (Chi Wara): Story

Banda Mask

Banda Mask

Feast Ladle (Wunkirmian)

Feast Ladle (Wunkirmian)

Ndoli Jowei Helmet Mask for Sande Society

Ndoli Jowei Helmet Mask for Sande Society

Gold-Weights

Gold-Weights

Linguist Staff with Cat and Mouse

Linguist Staff with Cat and Mouse

Door 

Door

Beaded Crown (Adenla)

Beaded Crown (Adenla)

Plaque

Plaque

Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi) 

Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)

Emblem of the Leopard Spirit Society (Nkpa) 

Emblem of the Leopard Spirit Society (Nkpa)

Likishi Dance Costume (Mwana Pwo) 

Likishi Dance Costume (Mwana Pwo)

Chief’s Chair

Chief's Chair

Ndop Portrait

Ndop Portrait

Staff with Female Figure  

Staff with Female Figure

Power Figure (Nkishi)

Power Figure (Nkishi)

Ethiopian Crosses 

Ethiopian Crosses

Vessel

Vessel