African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum
- ISBN-10
- 3791343211
- ISBN-13
- 9783791343211
- Series
- African Art
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Prestel Pub
- Authors
- Brooklyn Museum, William Siegmann, Joseph Adande
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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