Unknown Ebrié Artist or Baule Artist, Snake Pendant, Place made: Lagunes Region, Ivory Coast, 19th century, Gold alloy, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
O Brooklyn Museum apresenta uma exposição contínua de 200 dos melhores objetos da sua coleção de arte de renome Africano no espaço da galeria, recentemente renovada no primeiro andar.
Yinka Shonibare MBE, born United Kingdom, 1961, Skipping Girl, From a series of 7 mannequins titled Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play, 2009.
African Innovations, está sendo disposta historicamente, pela primeira vez.
Unknown Edo Artist, Figure of a Hornblower, Place made: Benin, Edo State Nigeria, ca. 1500-1550, Copper alloy, Overall: 62.2 x 21.6 x 15.2cm, Other: 62.2 x 21.6 x 15.2cm, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection.
Contendo obras-primas do século VII aC a 1800 dC por artistas que vão desde os antigos Nok e os Helenisticos do norte da África até os Sapi da Serra Leoa e escultores do antigo reino de Benin, irão estabelecer um padrão de interação permanente de África com outros partes do mundo.
E uma seleção de obras contemporâneas, que traz essa história até hoje sendo o primeiro espaço do museu dedicado às obras da África atual.
Magdalene Anyango N. Odundo, British, born Kenya 1950, Vessel, Place made: Farnham, Surrey United Kingdom, 1990, Ceramic, slip, Overall: 40.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, Purchased with funds given by Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Clyman, and the Frank L. Babbott Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
African Innovations, uma reinstalação cronológica e contextual, está à mostra, enquanto as galerias nas quais a coleção africana foi instalada em 1935 estão passando por uma grande renovação.
Viyé Diba (Senegalese, b. 1954), Red Escape II, Dakar, Senegal, 1999, Cotton strip cloth, paint, sand, wood, metal, Gift of Elliot Picket, by exchange and Alfred T. White Fund, 2011, Brooklyn Museum Collection
Unknown Chokwe Artist, Chief's Chair, Possible place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Possible place made: Angola, 19th century, Copper alloy, animal hide, wood, Overall: 67.9 x 30.5 x 39.4 cm, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Bamum Artist or Tikar Artist, Funerary Headdress (Tugunga), Place made: Northwest Province, Grasslands region Cameroon, Late 19th century, Wood, rattan, pigment, Overall: [H]: 83.8 x 36 x 36 cm, Gift of Mrs. Melville W. Hall, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Nalu Artist or Baga Artist, Banda Mask, Place made: Guinea, Late 19th or early 20th century, Wood, metal, pigment, Overall: 56.2 x 40 x 39.1cm, Other: 156.2 x 40 x 39.1cm, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
The Nguabu Master, Unknown Mende Artist, Helmet Mask (ndoli jowei) for Sande Society, Place made: Sierra Leone, Late 19th-early 20th century, Wood, Overall: 39.4 x 23.5 x 26 cm, Carll H. de Silver Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Master of Ntem, Fang (Mvai subgroup) Artist, Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema-o-Byeri), Place made: Gabon, Ntem River basin, 1750-1860, Wood, iron, Overall: 58.4 x 14.9 x 12.7 cm, Other: 23 x 5 7/8in. (58.4 x 14.9cm, Frank L. Babbott Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Punu Artist, Mask for the Okuyi Society (Mukudj), Place made: Gabon, Nguni River, Late 19th century, Wood, pigment, Overall: 25.1 x 17.8 x 15.2cm, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Yoruba Artist, Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere, 1890-1928, Place made: Osun State Nigeria, Late 19th century, Fiber, beads, cloth, basketry, Overall: 95.9 x 24.1 cm, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and the Carll H. de Silver Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Ogoni Artist, Elu Mask with Hinged Jaw, Place made: Rivers State Nigeria, Early 20th century, Wood, fiber, Overall: 18.4 x 14.6cm, Other: 18.4 x 14.6cm, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milton Gross, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Lulua Artist, Mother with Child (Lupingu Lua Luimpe), Place made: Lulua, Province Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century, Wood, copper alloy, Overall: 35.6 x 8.6 x 8.9 cm, Museum Collection Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Lega Artist, Three-Headed Figure (Sakimatwemtwe), Place made: Sud-Kivu or Maniema Province Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century, Wood, fiber, pigment, Overall: 14 x 5.1 x 2.9 cm, Museum Exhibition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Yoruba Artist, Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere, 1890-1928, Place made: Osun State Nigeria, Late 19th century, Fiber, beads, cloth, basketry, Overall: 95.9 x 24.1 cm, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and the Carll H. de Silver Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Ogoni Artist, Elu Mask with Hinged Jaw, Place made: Rivers State Nigeria, Early 20th century, Wood, fiber, Overall: 18.4 x 14.6cm, Other: 18.4 x 14.6cm, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milton Gross, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
Unknown Yoruba Artist, Fragment of a Head, place made: Ife Nigeria, 1100-1500, Terracotta, Overall: 15.2 x 8.3 x 9.5cm, Collection of Robin B. Martin
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Figure of Mother and Child (Phemba), Possible place made: Kongo Central Province Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century, Wood, beads, glass mirror, metal, Overall: 27.9 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection
Unknown Makonde Artist, Lipiko Mask, Place made: Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, 19th century, Wood, hair, fiber, pigment, Overall: 33 x 26 x 28.6 cm, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
O Brooklyn Museum foi o primeiro museu dos Estados Unidos a mostrar objetos Africanos como obras de arte e tem uma das maiores e mais importantes coleções do país. African Innovations continua com sua história de pioneirismo do Museu neste campo .
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