60 Kuba: Bushoong; Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Description: Portrait Figure of a King (Ndop): Mbó Mbóosh, Mishé...

TitlePortrait Figure of a King (Ndop): Mbó Mbóosh, Mishé miShyááng máMbúl, or Kot áNće

Creator nationality/cultureKuba: Bushoong

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood (Crossopteryx febrifuga) and pigment

LocationBrooklyn Museum, New York

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4791

Accession number61.33

SubjectsSculpture, KubaWood sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic)Kings and rulers in art

StatusDemocratic Republic of the Congo

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3. Western Appreciations and Appropriations

Constantine Petridis (Editor)

The Language of Beauty in African Art

n 1984 a landmark exhibition titled “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinities of the Tribal and the Modern was organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York...

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Constantine Petridis (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.78-93

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00326.6

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Chapter subject tags:Modernism (Art)--African influencesMasks, AfricanArt, African--20th centuryAesthetics, AfricanReliquaries, Kota (Africa)Kuba (African people)Bafo (African people)Fang (African people)

Chapter 10: Africa (1600–1750)

Enid Schildkrout and Carol Thompson

History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000

~~The period from 1600 to 1750 was marked by significant changes in trading relations along the Atlantic coast, with profound consequences for Africans living there and inland. Gold had been the primary export, but by the beginning of the seventeenth century, the value of slaves exceeded that of gold. The demand for labor in the New...

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Enid Schildkrout and Carol Thompson

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.213-229

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00219.010

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Chapter subject tags:Akan (African people)Art, West AfricanBenin (Kingdom)Kongo (African people)Lamu Island (Kenya)

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