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African Connections: Perspectives on Collecting Culture
Michigan State University is the home of the largest and one of the finest African Studies Programs in the nation. Associated with this exceptional concentration of scholars is a significant collection of African artifacts maintained in Michigan State University Museum. African Connections celebrates the growth of Michigan State University Museum’s collection of African material culture over the last ten years.
Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity
This site examines the expressive cultures of Ethiopia. Viewed through the eyes of the "maker of objects," it is a place where one can learn about a number of Ethiopian’s visual traditions.
Passport to Paradise
Passport to Paradise is an exhibition program concerning arts of the Mourides, a mystical Muslim movement originating in Senegal, West Africa.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
The objects selected for this exhibit were chosen both to exemplify African aesthetic and moral principles. Most of the pieces in the exhibit come from West African societies.
Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science
This exhibition focuses on the icon, an art form associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox church. Ethiopian Icons reflects two voices, those of the curator and the conservator, as they explore the unique imagery of icons from the museum's collection that have recently undergone technical analysis and conservation treatment.
Images of Power and Identity
This exhibition introduces the visual arts of Africa south of the Sahara. Featured are some of the most familiar and visually compelling African works of art, including a Bamum royal figure, a bowl and palace door carved by Olowe of Ise, and a variety of masks and figurative sculptures.
The Ancient West African City of Benin
This exhibition is a reinstallation of the National Museum of African Art's collection from the royal court of the capital of the kingdom of Benin as it existed before British colonial rule. On display are cast-metal heads, figures, and architectural plaques that depict kings and attendants. These objects present a culture that, although modified over time, continues today.
Beautiful Bodies: Form and Decoration of African Pottery
Beautiful forms, rich surface textures and sumptuous colors characterize these handbuilt clay vessels from continental Africa. These 19th- and 20th-century vessels that evoke both human and geometric forms were used for domestic and ritual purposes.
In the Presence of Spirits
The National Museum of Ethnology in Lisbon houses a major collection of African art primarily from Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. From exquisitely created dolls and stools to awe-inspiring masks and power figures, the objects in this exhibition represent traditions that may predate the arrival of the Portuguese in Africa.
Identity of the Sacred: Two Nigerian Shrine Figures
People worldwide wear symbols that help identify their relationships to others in a group, in society and to the world at large. The Igbo and Urhobo peoples of Nigeria carve wooden figures that represent tutelary deities and ancestors. The adornments, scarification, color, surface treatment and gestures on these figures are hallmarks of their identities.
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