FAQ
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.)
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
Kanaga Mask in Three Pieces
Dance Headdress (Chi Wara)
Dance Headdress (Chi Wara): Story
Banda Mask
Feast Ladle (Wunkirmian)
Ndoli Jowei Helmet Mask for Sande Society
Gold-Weights
Linguist Staff with Cat and Mouse
Door
Beaded Crown (Adenla)
Plaque
Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)
Emblem of the Leopard Spirit Society (Nkpa)
Likishi Dance Costume (Mwana Pwo)
Chief’s Chair
Ndop Portrait
Staff with Female Figure
Power Figure (Nkishi)
Ethiopian Crosses
Vessel
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum