The reports of Günter Tessmann in the early 20th century described Fang reliquaries guarded by large heads, and Tessmann suggested that the use of heads as reliquary guardians antedated the use of busts and full figures. As is the case with...
The Mangbetu Kingdom dates from about 1820 when Nambali (the grandfather of the great King Munza who met Schweinfurth and other explorers) established political hegemony over many groups south of the Uele, including the Bangba, Makere, Mamvu and...
James Kaufmann is a freelance writer and artist living in Iowa City. He has written for The American Scholar, the New York Times Book Review, Afterimage, Camera Arts,
One of 18 scrapbooks on Wood's career, containing letters, postcards, photographs, clippings, and miscellany; compiled by Nan Wood Graham, sister of Grant Wood.
The Kuyu and Mbochi in the Congo (Brazzaville) carry full figures and heads in dances called kebe-kebe. The ceremonies at which these objects appear honor the snake-god and creator Djo. Figures representing the primordial ancestors, Ebotita the...
Certainly the most dramatic of the magical figures produced across the Southern Savannah are the nkisi nkonde (pl. minkinsii minkonde ) figures that are usually called "nail fetishes" in the popular literature on African art. Most frequently,...
Throughout Gabon groups produce figures that serve essentially the same function -- as reliquary guardians -- but are carved in quite distinctive styles (compare figures from the Fang, CMS no.338; the Tsogho, 59 CMS?? no.; the Punu, CMS no. 314 ;...
[Officers and members] -- Clubs enrolled and presidents -- Report of credential committee -- Minutes... -- Heads of departments -- Annual address of the president, Martha F. White. "Reconstruction of the American negro" -- Report of officers and...
A collection of recipes in various hands entitled The Art of Cookery, circa 1760s, with the ownership signature of "James Doak 1762" on inside front cover. It is uncertain whether much, if any, of this manuscript is in the hand of James Doak, but...
As a young man, Eskin was drawn to photography. In high school, his photographs appeared in the daily newspapers and publications. In college, he studied photojournalism, and moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1959. He graduated from the University of...
Greta Songe earned her BFA in painting and drawing from Louisiana State University in 2000. She is currently in her final year of the graduate program in painting in the UI School of Art and Art History. She has worked as a painting and book arts...
Dedicated and restlessly searching, Jack Wilkes is a teacher, painter, and explorer in concrete images and abstract ideas. After studying at the Cleveland Art Institute, Jack finished his BFA in Art Education at Drake which included a Certificate...