Tribal Roots

Kuba Tribal Art: Kingdom, Society, and Survivance in Central DRC

Kuba Tribal Art: Kingdom, Society, and Survivan...

The Kuba live in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the region bounded by the Sankuru, Kasai, and Lulua rivers, a landscape of valleys where numerous rivers run south...

Kuba Tribal Art: Kingdom, Society, and Survivan...

The Kuba live in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the region bounded by the Sankuru, Kasai, and Lulua rivers, a landscape of valleys where numerous rivers run south...

Senufo Tribal Art: Sculptors, Spirits, and the Poro Society

Senufo Tribal Art: Sculptors, Spirits, and the ...

Few West African artistic traditions are as varied, or as tightly bound to a single governing institution, as that of the Senufo of northern Côte d'Ivoire. The Senufo produce a...

Senufo Tribal Art: Sculptors, Spirits, and the ...

Few West African artistic traditions are as varied, or as tightly bound to a single governing institution, as that of the Senufo of northern Côte d'Ivoire. The Senufo produce a...

Dan and Guéré Tribal Art: Masks Forged in a Land of Forest and War

Dan and Guéré Tribal Art: Masks Forged in a Lan...

The Dan people live mostly in the western reaches of Côte d'Ivoire, spilling across the border into Liberia, in a landscape that shifts from dense southern forest to savannah in...

Dan and Guéré Tribal Art: Masks Forged in a Lan...

The Dan people live mostly in the western reaches of Côte d'Ivoire, spilling across the border into Liberia, in a landscape that shifts from dense southern forest to savannah in...

The Marka Tribal Art of Mali: Masks, Metal, and the Dance of Courtship

The Marka Tribal Art of Mali: Masks, Metal, and...

The Marka (also called Marka Dafing or Maraka) are a Mande people settled across a band of territory running from the edge of Bambara country in central Mali north toward...

The Marka Tribal Art of Mali: Masks, Metal, and...

The Marka (also called Marka Dafing or Maraka) are a Mande people settled across a band of territory running from the edge of Bambara country in central Mali north toward...

The Bamana Tribal Art of Mali: Sculpture, Society, and the Sacred

The Bamana Tribal Art of Mali: Sculpture, Socie...

The Bamana (also called Bambara) people of southwestern Mali have produced some of the most conceptually rigorous sculpture in West Africa: geometric, encrusted with ritual residue, and built to function...

The Bamana Tribal Art of Mali: Sculpture, Socie...

The Bamana (also called Bambara) people of southwestern Mali have produced some of the most conceptually rigorous sculpture in West Africa: geometric, encrusted with ritual residue, and built to function...

The Artistic Legacy of the Mossi: A Duality of Power and Spirit

The Artistic Legacy of the Mossi: A Duality of ...

The Mossi, numbering between 2.2 and 3.5 million, are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso. They hold a unique place in the history of Inland West Africa as the...

The Artistic Legacy of the Mossi: A Duality of ...

The Mossi, numbering between 2.2 and 3.5 million, are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso. They hold a unique place in the history of Inland West Africa as the...