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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 Ibeji Figure
Ibeji Figure

wood, nails, cowrie shells, and camwood powder

Image of Face Mask (Ninea-Gla)
Face Mask (Ninea-Gla)

wood, metal, and chalk

Image of Power Figure (Nkisi)
Power Figure (Nkisi)

wood, lizard, bushbuck horn, and medicinal substances

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

wood, raffia, and brass

Image of Miniature Initiation Mask
Miniature Initiation Mask

wood, pigment, and raffia

Image of Sculptural Element From a Reliquary Ensemble (Mbulu Ngulu)
Sculptural Element From a Reliquary Ensemble (Mbulu Ngulu)

wood, brass, iron, and copper

Image of Helmet Mask (epa)
Helmet Mask (epa)

wood, iron, fiber, and sacrificial substances

Image of Dance wand (Eshu)
Dance wand (Eshu)

wood, hide, cowrie shells, fiber, medicinal bundles, indigo

Image of Hornbill Mask (Gegon) with Islamic Inscriptions
Hornbill Mask (Gegon) with Islamic Inscriptions

wood, raffia, and ink

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