Material Journeys: Collecting African and Oceanic Art May 25, 2007

This exhibit will feature African objects that include ancient reliquary figures made by artists of the Kota peoples in Gabon, two important masks from the Yaka peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a terracotta vessel from the Asante peoples in Ghana. Among the works from Oceania are a bark cloth mask from the Baining peoples who live on island of New Britain, and a model boat from the Solomon Islands.