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Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary

LaGamma, Alisa, ed., with contributions by Barbara Boehm, Elias K. Bongmba, Kairn Klieman, Alisa LaGamma, Denise Patry Leidy, and Louis Perrois (2007)

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American Association of Museums Award for Outstanding Exhibition Catalogue, Honorable Mention (2007)

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Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary

This exhibition of acclaimed sculptural masterpieces from the heart of Africa's equatorial rain forest explores not only the significance of the works presented in their countries of origin but also how their reception in the West led them to enter the mainstream of universal art. Drawn from the most important collections of African art in Europe and the United States, the more than 150 works featured in the exhibition relate to fourteen distinct traditions in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....