Hidden Treasures from Central Africa, Selected from the Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. [Exhibition] January 10-31, 1973, Art Gallery of York University |
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17th century African art Angola artist Badjokwe Bakuba or Zappo Base added Bemba Bembe Bibe Bihe black and natural brass bwiti carved Central Africa Chokwe collector unknown cowrie shells cut to form dark patina date and collector date unknown diviner embroidery stitches cut exhibition for last Fagg FEMALE FIGURE form a velvet-like Gabun Goad headdress historical Hope Morgan iconography Indigenous name Iron blade Kasai district Katanga kingdom Kongo groups Kuba art Lake Bangweulu Landana Light wood Loango Lovale Lwena Luba Luba tribe Luchazi Lulua Lulua River Lunda magic figure magic substances major MALE FIGURE Mangbetu Manvu Mitsogo Museum natural colours Negro Africa Ovimbundu P.S. Wingert Palm fibre pile in black plinth probably ROM catalogue records ROM HAC ROM permanent exhibition Scarification Sculpture of Negro T.H. Morgan Tsogo tusk velvet-like pile visual W.T. Currie Walter weaving Western KONGO Width Yaka Zaire MAT Zaire River Zambia Zappo Zap