Building the High Museum African Art Carol Thomson speach

Carol Thompson, curator, High Museum in Atlanta

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Carol Thompson, Richman Family curator of African art discusses the High Museum's collection of African art . She describes the evolution of the growing African art collection at the Museum and her vision for the future of the most significant African art collection in the southeastern United States. Thompson provides a sneak peak into the new African art galleries which opened to the public in November 2005 as a part of the High Museum's expansion project.

Carol Thompson has a special love for Bwa masks and.

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High Museum African Art Collection

Mende, Sierra Leone, Bundu Helmet Mask. ca. 1900

Fang, Cameroon, Male Reliquary Guardian Figure. ca. 1900

Western Pende, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mask. ca. 1900

Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mother and Child Figure. ca. 1900

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