Espoused and unconscious motivations for collecting African “antiques”By Gary Croft, Snohomish, WA, USA -- to preserve artifacts originating from “traditional cultures” that, if left “in situ,” would...
Location: SE Democratic Republic of Congo Population: 200,000 to 1,000,000 Arts: Statues, usually female, as well as a multitude of utilitarian objects, usually with elaborate figural adornment. Masks, oddly...
African Ceremonial Stools Zaire Extending from the Atlantic coast, across the entire catchment basin of the Zaire river, to the lakes in the east, Central Africa embraces a region that is among the most...