African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum
- ISBN-10
- 0872731634
- ISBN-13
- 9780872731639
- Series
- African Art
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Authors
- William Siegmann, Joseph Adande, Kevin D. Dumouchelle
Description
The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art. Includes textiles, ceramics, jewelry, masks and figures from more than fifty different cultures.
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