Africa: The Art of a Continent
非洲: 一个大陆的艺术
Edited by Tom Philips
Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, 2004, pp. 619
ISBN: 3-7913-2004-1
非洲: 一个大陆的艺术
Edited by Tom Philips
Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, 2004, pp. 619
ISBN: 3-7913-2004-1
1. Ancient Egypt and Nubia / 古代埃及和努比亚
2. Eastern Africa / 东非
Gameboard (bao)
Swahili, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 20th century (?), wood 90 × 36 × 4.7 cm Peter Adler Collection |
Figures in intimate embrace
Mahafaly (?), Madagascar, early 20th century, wood, h. 8 cm Private Collection, Paris |
Female funerary figure
Vezo, Madagascar, wood, h. 57 cm Private Collection |
Funerary figure
Zaramo, Tanzania, late 19th century, wood, h. 85 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
Female figure on stool
Nyamwezi, Tanzania, wood, h. 94 cm Private Collection |
Body mask (ndimu)
Makonde, Southern Tanzania/Mozambique, late 19th century, wood, 61.2 × 30.7 × 15 cm Private Collection, London |
Face mask (ndimu)
Makonde, Southern Tanzania, early 20th century, wood, white pigment, vegetable fibre, h. 47 cm Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig |
Mask
Makonde, Malaba, South-eastern Tanzania, early 20th century, wood, leather, pigment, h. 52 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
Drum (likuti)
Makonde, Tanzania/Mozambique, late 19th or early 20th century, wood, leather, hair, copper nails, 63 × 30 × 30 cm W. and U. Horstmann Collection |
Water-pipe (nyungwa)
Makonde, Mozambique, terracotta, wood, coconut schell, beads, h. 27 cm Private Collection |
3. Southern Africa / 南部非洲
Lydenburg Head
Eastern Transvaal, South Africa, c. 500-700, clay; traces of white pigment and specularite 38 × 26 × 25.5 cm University of Cape Town Collection at the South Africa Museum, Cape Town |
Headrests (mutsago)
Shona, Zimbabwe, late 19th-20th century, wood 14 × 21 × 8.5 cm; 16.5 × 16 × 6 cm; 16.5 × 20.5 × 9 cm Jonathan Lowen Collection |
Tobacco pipe
South Sotho or neighbouring, Cape Nguni, South Africa, wood 37 × 13.9 cm National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
Carved soapstone bird
Zimbabwe, 13th -15th century, steatite h. 100 cm Groote Schuur Collection, Cape Town |
Carved chair
Zulu (Zulu Kingdom or Colony of Natal) KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, mid-19th century, wood 145 × 101 × 105 cm Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg |
Staff
Zulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 19th century, wood 109.2 × 11.4 × 6.3 cm Kevin and Anna Conru |
Figurative staff
Presumably migrant Tsonga-speaking carver, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, late 19th or early 20th century, wood, 22.8 × 6.3 × 6.3 cm Bowmint Collection |
Divining bowl (ndilo)
Venda, Northern Province, South Africa, 19th century, wood, fibre and bone h. 10 cm; diam. 32 cm British Museum, London |
1-3: Headrests (isigqiki)
Zulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, late 19th or early 20th century wood, 17 × 44 × 9 cm; 12 × 42 × 8 cm; 16 × 56 × 9.9 cm British Museum, London (1, 2); Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Museums 4: Headrest Nguni, South Africa, wood, 19 × 55.5 ×21.5 cm Kevin and Anna Conru Dress ornaments (omakipa)
Ovambo, Namibia, c. 1937, leather, ivory, shell, glass beads l. 27 cm, 38 cm Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington |
Bowl
possibly Tsonga, Shangaan, Chopi or Lenge, South Africa, wood, h. 55 cm Kevin and Anna Conru |
Two pairs of earplugs (iziqhaza)
Zulu, South Africa, 20th century, wood, vinyl asbestos, glue and panel pins, diam. 6 cm Jonathan Lowen Collection |
Snuff container
Zulu, South Africa, rhinoceros horn, wood 7.5 × 6.2 × 6 cm Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg |
Snuff container
Cape Town, South Africa Hide scrapings, clay and blood mixture 10.1 × 6.3 × 11.4 cm Bowmint Collection |
Pair of snuff containers
South Sotho, Lesotho, horn h. 17.5 cm (male), 12.5 cm (female) Private Collection |
Cloak
Ndebele, South Africa, early 20th century sheepskin, sinews, glass beads, h. 161 cm Private Collection |
Lidded vessel
Northern Nguni, Swaziland or KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, possibly late 19th century, wood, 52 × 32 cm British Museum, London |
Meat platter (ugqoko)
Zulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa wood, h. 80 cm Private Collection |
Three figurines
possibly Tsonga-related group, Mozambique or South Africa, probably late 19 th or early 20 th century, wood h. 30 cm; h. 29.5 cm; 30 × 4.8 × 5 cm 1, 3: Private Collection; 2: Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva |
Spoon or ladle
probably Tsonga-related group, South Africa, wood, l. 20 cm W. and U. Horstmann Collection |
4. Central Africa / 中部非洲
Nkisi nkondi
Kongo, Zaire, late 19th century wood, metal, pigment, h. 108 cm Museo Preistorico Etnografico "L. Pigorini", Rome |
Crucifix
Kongo, Zaire, 18th-19th century, bronze, sheet metal, tacks, wood, 29 × 19 cm Bareiss Family Collection |
Nkisi nkondi (The wife of Mabyaala)
Kongo, Cabinda, before 1900, wood, glass, cord, beads, h. 35.5 cm National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden |
Male standing figure
Pindi (?), Zaire, wood, pigment, h. 82.5 cm Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg |
Female memorial effigy
Chokwe, Angola, before 1850, fine grained wood, dark reddish patina, red ritual mud in eyes and mouth, hair, h. 35 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
Statuette
Kuba, Zaire, 18th century (?), iron, h. 19.5 cm Museum of Ethnography, Antwerp |
Bowl with mall figure
Luba, Zaire, wood, h. 19.5 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
Mask (1), Maskette (lukwakongo) (2), Miniature mask (idimu) (3)
Lega, Zaire, early 20th century (1), wood, pigment (1), wood, raffia, pigment (2), ivory (3), 28.5 × 15.5 × 4.5 cm (1), 30 × 20 × 8 cm (2), h. 10.5 cm (3) J. W. and M. Mestach (1), Private Collection (2, 3) |
5. West Africa and Guinea Coast / 西非和几内亚海岸
Femal figure
Jukun, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century, wood, 59.7 × 20 × 22 cm The Menil Collection, Houston |
Carved monolith (atal)
Bakor, Ekoi (Ejagham), Cross River, Nigeria, 16th century (?) basaltic stone, h. 84 cm Private Collection, London |
Figure of a woman
Benin, Nigeria, 17th-18th century (?) brass, 48 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
Ancestor figure (ekpu)
Oron, South-east Nigeria, 19th century, wood, 104.5 × 30 × 26.5 cm The National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos |
Globular ceramic vessel with everted rim
Igbo, Nigeria, 10th century, fired clay h. 40.6 cm, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan |
Cap mask
Ejagham/Anyang, Cameroon, 19th century (?) wood, pigment, fibre, h. 29 cm Private Collection, Paris |
Plaque
Benin, Nigeria, 16th century, 45 × 39 cm British Museum, London |
Door
Igbo, Nigeria, wood, 112 × 43 × 4 cm British Museum, London |
Woman carring two horns
Yoruba, Ife, Nigeria, 12th-15th century terracotta, 24.9 × 10.5 cm The National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos |
Head of a queen mother
Benin, Nigeria, 16th century, brass, h. 35 cm The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Liverpool Museum) |
Sango shrine figure with bowl
Yoruba, Nigeria, early 20th century wood, h. 52 cm Ian Auld Collection |
Female statuette (nkpasopi)
Lagoons region, Ivory Coast 20th century, wood, metal, glass h. 24.5 cm Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva |
Shrine figure (tchitcherik sakwa)
Moba, Togo, 19th century wood, h. 125 cm Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig |
Silk textile (adwinasa)
Asante, Ghana, 19th century (?) silk, 200 × 110 cm Private Collection, London |
Ceremonial headdress
Senufo, Ivory Coast, 20th century wood, fibres, h. 98 cm Musée Mational dea Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris |
Funerary head
Sanwi, Ivory Coast, 19th-early 20th century fired clay, h. 18cm Private Collection |
Female figure
Senufo, Ivory Coast, early 20th century, wood, h. 78.5 cm Royal Tropical Institute Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam |
Door
Baule, Ivory Coast 19th-20th century, wood, h. 146 cm Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva |
Memorial head
Akan, Ghana, 17th-19th century terracotta, 33 × c. 19 × 18 cm Private Collection |
Sculpture in the form of a stylised serpent (bansonyi)
Baga, Guinea, wood, pigment, l. 210 cm Private Collection, Paris |
Mask (sakrobundi)
Nafana, Bondoukou District, Ivory Coast, 19th century wood, pigment, h. 146 cm British Museum, London |
Helmet mask
Mende, Sierra Leone, 20th century wood, 45 × 23 × 23 cm Private Collection |
Standing bird
Senufo, Ivory Coast, 19th-early 20th century wood, h. 149 cm The Berggruen Collection, London |
6. Sahel and Savanna / 撒哈拉地区
Mask in the shape of an animal head
Bamana (Bambara), Mali, wood, encrustation 47 × 25 × 22 cm Museum Rietberg, Zurich |
Cushion support (ehel)
Tuareg, Niger, early 20th century, wood, 129 × 25 cm Drs Nicole and John Dintenfass |
Two antelope headdresses
Bamana (Bambara) or Wasulunka Mali, 20th century, wood h. 55 cm (1), 80 cm (2) Private Collection, London |
Human/bird figure
Nok, Nigeria, terracotta 47 × 20 × 22 cm Private Collection |
Equestrian figure
Dogon, Mali, 18th century (?) wood, h. 50 cm Private Collection |
Plank figure
Dogon, Mali, 16th-17th century wood, encrustation, h. 45 cm Musée Dapper, Paris Lester Wunderman Collection |
Mask
Nunuma, Burkina Faso, 19th century, wood, pigment 123 × 48 × 23 cm Musée des Arts Africains, Océaniques et Amérindiens Vielle Charité, Marseilles |
Head on post
Lobi, Burkina Faso/north-eastern Ivory Coast 20th century, wood, h. 31 cm Private Collection, Paris |
Gourd-shaped vessel
Nupe, Central Nigeria, late 19th-20th century terracotta, brass fittings, 38 × 32 cm Private Collection, Munich |
Figure
Nok, Nigeria, terracotta, 16.5 × 6 × 8 cm Ian Auld Collection |
The Dinya Head
Nok Valley, Kaduna State, Nigeria c. 500 BC-AD 200, fired clay, 36 × 22.5 cm The National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Lagos |
7. Northern Africa / 北非
Mosaic panel showing a woman dancing
Tunisia, c. AD 400, limestone, marble 201 × 154 cm Musée de Carthage |
Head of a priest
Egypt, 2nd century BC black basalt, 19.5 × c. 14.5 × 17.5 cm Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart |
Ceramic "milk jug"
Bani Ouarain tribe, Rif Mountains North-eastern Morocco, 20th century terracotta, paint, 52 × 50 × 32 cm Yvette Wiener |
Stone stela
N'Kheila, Casablanca Region Morocco, Bronze Age, stone 84 × 54 × 11 cm Musée d'Archéologie, Rabat |
Bag
Tuareg, Sahara, mid-20th century leather, 115 × 100 cm Bert Flint |
Stone bowl
Skhirat, Morocco, Neolithic, stone, h. 12.4 cm Musée d'Archéologie, Rabat |
Two segments of a necklace (qannuta)
Moknine, Tunisia, 17th century (?), gold, filigree and cloisonné enamel, 4 × 2 cm each Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris |
Two poles for handing leather bags
Arab nomads or "Moors", Mauritania or western Sahara 20th century, wood, h. 134 and 136 cm Linden-Museum, Stuttgart |
Stool
Morocco, wood, h. 26 cm Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig |
Grannary door
Berber, High Atlas, Morocco, early 20th century, wood, 160 × 58 × 9 cm Bert Flint |
Basin
made for Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun Cairo or Damascus, c. 1320-41, brass, gold, silver h. 22.7 cm; diam. 54 cm British Museum, London |
Pectoral or head ornament
Berber groups of Anti-Atlas Mountains, Tarudant region, southern Morocco, 20th century silver, niello, glass, 19 × 45 cm Bert Flint |
Two mosque lamps
made for the Mamluk Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu Cairo, c. 1350-1355, glass, gilding, enamel h. 35 cm each British Museum, London |
Carpet (zerbiya)
Ouled Bousebaa, Chichaoua region Plains of Marrakesh, Morocco 20th century, wool, 350 × 186 cm Private Collection, London |
Panel
Coptic, Egypt, 4th-5th century limestone, h. 40 cm Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich |
Ewer
Egypt, Fatimid, last quarter of 10th century, rock crystal, h. 18 cm; diam. c. 12.5 cm (at base); thickness of crystal c. 2.5 mm; thickness of relief c. 0.5 mm Tesoro della Basilica di San Marco, Venice |
Perfume sprinkler (qumqum)
Egypt, middle of 14th century brass inlaid with silver and gold h. 22.5 cm; diam. 7.6 cm Museum of Islamic Art. Cairo |
Beaker with animal handle
Coptic, bronze, h. c. 12 cm; diam. 10 cm Museum of Coptic Art, Cairo |
Two kohl pots
Coptic, Egypt, 4th-5th century, ivory, h. c. 7 cm each Museum of Coptic Art, Cairo |
Water jar and stand (kilga)
Cairo, 12th century and later alabaster (jar), marble (stand) h. 97 cm (jar and stand), 47 × 27.5 × 65 cm (stand) Manchester City Art Galleries |
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