Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
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The National Museum of African Art fosters the discovery & appreciation of the visual arts of Africa, the cradle of humanity. Legal: https://t.co/RzhRb4mvJF
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NMAfA acknowledges and celebrates all artists working to represent #LGBTQ + centered stories.
An exhibition and publication (by Kevin D. Dumouchelle) featuring out artists whose artwork connects their experiences as LGBTQ+ individuals is in the works. Stay tuned! #PrideMonth
Solstice Saturday kicks off with NMAFA's Sounds of Africa concert series celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop!
Register here : t.ly/yDQ2
#SolsticeSaturday
Flashback to the first look of our new exhibition, 'From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson”.
Come immerse into this Drexciyan myth at our museum.
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Solstice Saturday kicks off with NMAFA's Sounds of Africa concert series celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop!
Register here : t.ly/yDQ2
#SolsticeSaturday
Art-based therapy, emotional wellness, self-expression, and healing
RSVP: urlz.fr/miBO
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This gourd container has a hand-sewn bamboo extension on its mouth and lid allowing it to seal shut. It was used for selling tobacco in the market. 🔎Container with lid, late 20th century, Undetermined artist, Kaolack, Senegal #SmithsonianAfricanArt
The image of the bushcow is associated with Dahomey's King Ghezo (1828-1858). Families claiming descent from the king would use the bushcow image on ancestral altars. 🔎 Figure of a buffalo, late 19th century,Fon artist, Abomey, Benin #SmithsonianAfricanArt
A true masterwork of abstract, geometric shapes, this stylized human form once guarded ancestral bones preserved in large baskets. 🔎 Reliquary guardian figure, late 19th-early 20th century, Gabon #SmithsonianAfricanArt
These dolls were given to young girls as toys. Adult women who wished to become pregnant or who wished to assure the birth of a healthy and beautiful child carried the figure in their wrapper. 🔎 Female figure, mid-20th century, Fante artist, Ghana #SmithsonianAfricanArt