November 15, 2016
The Philadelphia Museum of Art in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Museum presents Look Again: Contemporary Perspectives on African Art. The exhibition, which runs until 12.04.16, showcases works created in West and Central Africa from the 1500s to the early 1900s. It includes carved ivories and bronzes from the kingdom of Benin, Akan gold weights, Kongo power figures, Kuba textiles and vessels, as well as Kota reliquary figures. For more info, visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Image: Reliquary Guardian Figure, 19th or early 20th century, Obamba culture, Gabon, copper, brass, wood, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia. Image courtesy of the Penn Museum.