African Art
made his submission to France in 1911. As for Acil, France was constrained to depose him in 1912; he has not had a successor. DD ...
of brave men until after eight hours of combat. 22 April 1900, he was beaten at Kusseri by Major Lamy and killed at the end of t ...
to say, his representative and successor (1885). Abdullah immediately set aside the relatives and compatriots of the mahdi, Nuba ...
Christian State was able to preserve its religion across the centuries, in the proximity to the great centres of Islam, and to d ...
varied types, among which the Negro often predominates, and they speak languages which seem to be related in part to the African ...
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TThhee BBaannttuu To the south of the line described at the end of the preceding chapter, a line which runs in general a little ...
TS_Art of Africa_4C.qxp 10/17/2011 3:50 PM Page 148 Kasangumask (Salampasu). Wood, height: 34 cm. Felix Collection. Masks of thi ...
Mask (Kwese). Wood, height: 25 cm. Private collection. Worn during initiations, ceremonies, and male-circumcision rites, this he ...
Statue (Holo). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, pigments, various materials, height: 45 cm. Private collection. This figu ...
Squatting statue (Suku). Wood, horn, and plant fibres, height: 35 cm. Private collection. The complex structure of this statue i ...
TThhee MMaattaammaann To the south of “the empire” of the Congo, along the ocean, extends a State whose chief was called mataman ...
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Fetish with nails (Kongo). Wood, seashell, metal, and magical materials, height: 49.5 cm. To awaken a spirit and gain its protec ...
Giwoyomask (Pende). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, polychromia, height: 60 cm. Private collection. This mask represents ...
Panel (Hungaan), 19thcentury. Kwenge Valley, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, pigment, 99.2 x 45.3 cm. ...
Relief panel (Pindi), c. 1904. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, pigment, height: 99 cm. Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg. ...
TS_Art of Africa_4C.qxp 10/17/2011 3:50 PM Page 158 To the east of “the empire” of the Congo extended to the kingdom of Lounda, ...
EEuur rooppeeaann aanndd CCh hr riisst tiiaann IInnf flluueennccee On the other hand, the influence of European usages imported ...
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