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The Brooklyn Museum

Exhibitions: 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