Masterpieces #19-24



The Tribal Arts of Africa • Jean-Baptiste Bacquart • Thames & Hudson, 1998

Djenne rider, terracotta, Mali • Collection Marc Blanpain • H. 46 cm



The Tribal Arts of Africa • Jean-Baptiste Bacquart • Thames & Hudson, 2000

Hemba Figure, DRC • Private collection



Le Geste Kongô • Robert Farris Thompson et al. • Musée Dapper, 2002

Nkisi Figure, Kongo (Vili), Lower Zaïre region, DRC • Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren • Inv. # RG 67.63.224 • H. 33 cm

   
       


Column to Volume - Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary • Richard Fardon & Christine Stelzig • Saffron, 2005

Chamba statue, Nigeria • Collection of Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels • H. 47 cm



Fang • Louis Perrois • Five Continents Editions, 2006

Head of an ancestor, Byeri, Fang, Gabon • Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel, Switzerland • Inv. #MEN II C 7400 • H. 26/48 cm



Luba • Mary Nooter Roberts & Allen F. Roberts • Five Continents Editions, 2007

Mask with horns, Luba, DRC • Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren • Inv. #EO 0.0.23470 • H. 39 cm