Art of Africa Photos

Original images of African Art & Cultural Items mostly displayed in museums.

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Ethiopia Art Ethiopian processional cross at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX Ethiopian manuscript page of King David playing Harp at National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC Detail of Abyssinian Christian talismanic scroll from Ethiopia worn to protect from evil or heal at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA
Cameroon Art Cameroon Grassfields ceremonial chair at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA Bamileke mask from Cameroon at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA King's Ceremonial Hat from Cameroon at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX
Ivory Coast Art Gold pendant of African face from Ivory Coast in National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC Senufo mask from Côte d'Ivoire at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA Senufo culture helmet mask from Côte d'Ivoire at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY
Congo Art Ivory & stone staff finial by Kongo peoples of Mayombe region of Democratic Republic of the Congo at National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC Carved Pende peoples helmet mask from Democratic Republic of Congo at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA Helmet mask by Kuba culture of Democratic Republic of the Congo at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX
Gabon Art Wood reliquary guardian figure by Kota peoples of Gabon at National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC Kota culture copper reliquary figure from Gabon at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY Reliquary figure by Kota artist from Eastern Gabon at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Ghana Art Akan peoples gold sun mask from Ashanti Kingdom, Ghana, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA Cast gold sword ornament in form of lion by Assante culture of Ghana at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX Carved royal chair from Ghana at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA
Guinea Art Guinea wooden D'mba headdress from Baga culture at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA Mano wooden face mask from Guinea Coast, Liberia at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH Baga tribe drum from Rio Nunez, Guinea at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France
Nigeria Art Wood mask attrib. Efik peoples of Nigeria at National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC Yoruba headdress from Nigeria at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA Terracotta male head from Nigeria at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Benin Art Edo peoples iron head from Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA Carved wooden gate of royal palace of king of Glèlè from Abomey, Benin at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France Carved wooden half-man / half-animal royal statues from Abomey, Benin at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France
Mozambique Art Tsonga tribe carved wooden headrest supported by antelope from southern Africa or Mozambique at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France Makonde culture crest mask from Mozambique at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY Lipiko Mask from Mozambique at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Zimbabwe Art The Bira stone sculpture by Square Chickwanda of Zimbabwe at Denver Botanic Gardens. Denver, CO Chief's Advisor stone sculpture by Joe Mutasa of Zimbabwe at Denver Botanic Gardens. Denver, CO Stylized horse sculpture in Sculpture Garden of Harare. Zimbabwe
Uganda Art Ganda woven shield from Uganda at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France Luo peoples earthenware storage jar from Sudan or Uganda, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA
Kenya Tanzania Art Statue bearing Kenyan national symbols in National Museum in Nairobi. Kenya Carved stone African heads in a shop in Nairobi. Kenya Carver working away on a wooden sculpture in Malindi market. Kenya
African Art General Sierra Leone wooden mask at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA Chief's chair from Angola at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Three wooden Nwantantay masks by Burkina Faso artist Yacouba Bondé in African art collection at High Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA
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