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Lozi Stool - African Art Collection The Baltimore Museum of Arts BMAStool. c.1900. Lozi, Zambia. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Art Acquisition Fund, BMA 2005.159

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Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands PH: 443-573-1745 Karen Milbourne, BMA Associate Curator of African Art

The BMA has one of the earliest and most important collections of African art in the United States. A major gift from the collection of Janet and Alan Wurtzburger in 1954 marked the beginning of a permanent display of African art at the BMA and assured a significant place for African art within the Museum’s growing collection. Now featuring more than 2,000 objects that span from ancient Egypt to contemporary Zimbabwe, the collection includes works from Bamana, Yoruba, Kuba, Ndebele, and many other cultures. 

The works of art are as diverse in form as they are in function and include headdresses, masks, figures, royal staffs, textiles, jewelry, ceremonial weapons, and pottery. Many pieces are distinguished by their use in royal courts, performances, and religious contexts, and several are internationally known as the best of their type, such as D’mba, an unparalleled Baga female dance headdress from Guinea. 

Highlights of the collection include an early 20th-century portrait of a woman by acclaimed Liberian carvers Zlan and Sonzanlwon and several figures by the legendary brasscaster Ldamie. Recent acquisitions include a Lozi throne (c.1900) most likely carved in the court of Lozi King Lewanika of western Zambia, a 20th-century Hausa Koranic prayer board, and Theo Eshetu’s contemporary light-based video work Meditation - Light (2006).

 

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A few weeks ago, I found myself at a most intriguing runway show... The models on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art were showing off their bodyware: tattoos as diverse as the men and women who wore them. Skulls attached to wings, hearts encased in a pot of gold, names of deceased loved ones etched across shoulder blades and crosses engraved on necks.

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Masai Shield with african art patternBMA exhibition explores roles of pattern in African Art

The final installment of a three-part series, Meditations on African Art is now on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The series is framed around general artistic conventions, rather than geography or chronology.

Meditations on African Art: Pattern 
March 12 – August 17, 2008

A Masai Shield with african art pattern. Tanzania. Shield. Early-mid 20th century. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Robert and Jane Hellawell, Chestertown, Maryland, BMA 1998.476

THE BMA PRESENTS BALTIMORE TATTOO INK: PATTERNS ON BODIES 

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