African Art: An Introduction"An indispensable part of the history of the skills and ideas of mankind." Scientific American. |
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aesthetic African art African sculpture ancestors animals appears apprentice archaeological architecture art styles artists Ashanti BaKongo BaKuba BaKwele Bandele Beier Benin Biebuyck British Museum bronze Bubalus Bushmen Carroll carved carver cattle centimetres century Coll collected commonly Congo cult culture Dahomey dance decorated developed Dogon Egypt Egyptian Ekiti engravings European example excavated face fetish figure sculpture forest head Himmelheber horns houses human Ibibio Igbira Islam ivory Kalabari King Lagos Lamidi London Manchester Museum masks mosque Musée naturalistic Niger Nigeria Nigerian Museum nomoli northern Nigeria Ogboni Oshogbo Palace Paris pieces plaques Primitive Art radiocarbon date representation represented Rhodesia rock art rock gongs rock paintings round Sahara savanna shows shrine similar society southern spirit stylized Susanne Wenger Tassili terracotta traditional Ulli Beier usually Vandenhoute village walls wear West Africa Western Willett William Fagg wood wooden Yoruba Yoruba sculpture