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Portfolio: Encounters: The Arts of Africa [Exhibition Ongoing]

Installed in 2012, Encounters was the first of KAM’s permanent collection galleries to be fully renovated and reconceived to reflect the museum’s commitment to exploring the global connections and epistemological frames through which objects move and come to be known in the world. Curator: Allyson Purpura.

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Image of Crest Mask (Chi Wara)
Crest Mask (Chi Wara)

wood, beads

Image of Equestrian Dance Wand (oshe shango)
Onakunle Aribokana
Equestrian Dance Wand (oshe shango)

wood and beads

Image of Divination Bowl (Agere ifa)
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa)

wood

Image of Shango Devotee Maternity Figure with Bowl
Shango Devotee Maternity Figure with Bowl

wood and pigment

Image of Ibeji Figure
Ibeji Figure

wood and beads

Image of Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo)
Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo)

wood

Image of Bush Buffalo Mask
Bush Buffalo Mask

wood and pigment

Image of Chief's Stool
Chief's Stool

wood, brass tacks, and beads

Image of Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede)
Areogun
Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede)

wood

Image of Helmet Mask (Sowei)
Helmet Mask (Sowei)

wood

Image of Shrine Figure of Dog
Shrine Figure of Dog

wood

Image of Seated Female Figure (Staff Finial)
Seated Female Figure (Staff Finial)

wood

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