Kongo Across the Waters

Kongo across the Waters is a collaborative project by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium. It explores connections between the art and culture of the Kongo peoples of western Central Africa and African American art and culture in the United States. The exhibition addresses cultural and artistic themes within Kongo culture, beginning with the ancient Kongo kingdom that encompassed parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Subjects include the arts of leadership, religion, and daily life interpreted within historical, archaeological, linguistic, musicological, anthropological and art historical contexts. On view through March 23, 2014.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Images courtesy of the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

New Acquisitions at Jacaranda Tribal

Jacaranda Tribal is now offering twelve new beautiful works from Africa and Oceania.  This latest range of material contains several fine figures and containers from D.R. Congo, two ritual works from New Guinea, a lovely Fijian war club, and more. For further details on these outstanding works and many more, visit us at www.jacarandatribal.com

Gope board  -  Papuan Gulf  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Korwar charm  -  Irian Jaya  -  19th century

Headrest with crocodile skin wrapping  -  Bedja, Sudan  -  19th century

Figure  -  Bena Lulua, D.R. Congo  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Female figure  -  Akye, Côte d'Ivoire  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Janiform figure  -  Kusu, D.R. Congo  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Gunpowder box  -  Kongo, D.R. Congo  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Tukula box  -  Kongo, D.R. Congo  -  19th century

Female figure  -  Kusu, D.R. Congo  -  Late 19th or early 20th century

Lidded baskets  -  Tutsi, Rwanda  -  Mid-20th century

War club, totokia  -  Fiji  -  18th or early 19th century

Beaded neckpiece  -  Zulu, South Africa  -  Early 20th century

Photography ©James Worrell 2013

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