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  • Igbo arts : community and cosmos / Herbert M. Cole and Chike C. Aniakor ; foreword by Chinua Achebe ; with contributions by Alexander Okwudor Attah ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • Los Angeles : Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 85-42Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Go well, my child / photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee ; in collaboration with Alan Paton.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 2 Items
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    Text MFX (Larrabee) 86-1532Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • A human ideal in African art : Bamana figurative sculpture / Kate Ezra.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 86-128Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Rising of a new moon : a century of Tabwa art / [edited] by Evan M. Maurer and Allen F. Roberts.

    • Text
    • [Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan Museum of Art, c1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 86-269Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Images from Bamum : German colonial photography at the court of King Njoya, Cameroon, West Africa, 1902-1915 / Christraud M. Geary.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institute Press, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 89-55Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Icons : ideals and power in the art of Africa / Herbert M. Cole.

    • Text
    • Washington : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.
    • 1989
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc Art G 97-7Schomburg Center - Art & Artifacts

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  • Foreheads of the dead : an anthropological view of Kalabari ancestral screens / Nigel Barley.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, c1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc E 90-489Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The art of the personal object / Philip L. Ravenhill.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 2 Items
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    Text 3-MADF 92-10830Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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    Text Sc D 01-2276Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • History, design, and craft in West African strip-woven cloth : papers presented at a symposium organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 18-19, 1988.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : The Museum, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 93-120Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The voyage of King Njoya's gift : a beaded sculpture from the Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon, in the National Museum of African Art / Christraud M. Geary.

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by the University of Washington Press, c1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ G 96-43Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Face of the spirits : masks from the Zaire Basin / editors, Frank Herreman ; Constantijn Petridis ; photography, Dick Beaulieu ; with contributions by M.-L. Bastin [et al.]

    • Text
    • Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju, c1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 95-21Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Astonishment and power / [introduction by Sylvia H. Williams and David C. Driskell].

    • Text
    • Washington : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, c1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 96-6Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Memory : Luba art and the making of history / edited by Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts ; with contributions by S. Terry Childs ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • New York : Museum for African Art, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 97-31Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Elmina : art and trade on the West African coast / [Christraud M. Geary, Andrea Nicolls].

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    • Washington, DC : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 97-2292Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Asen : iron altars from Ouidah, Republic of Benin.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, [1993]
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 96-1387Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The creative heritage of Africa : an introduction to African art / produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation in collaboration with the Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : EBE, c1972.
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 98-11Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The poetics of line : seven artists of the Nsukka group : family guide / [written by Pedra Chaffers ; edited by Migs Grove ; designed by Susan Cook]

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, 1997?]
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 01-232Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Patterns of life : West African strip-weaving traditions / Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, c1987.
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 88-166Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Transatlantic dialogue : contemporary art in and out of Africa / Michael D. Harris ; with an additional essay by Moyo Okediji.

    • Text
    • Chapel Hill, N.C. : Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by The University of Washington Press, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 2 Items
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    Text JQF 02-531Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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    Text Sc+ F 00-486Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Snap me one! : Studiofotografen in Afrika / herausgegeben von Tobias Wendl und Heike Behrend ; mit Beiträgen von Heike Behrend ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • München ; New York : Prestel, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ F 01-217Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Beaded splendor.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, [1994]
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc E 01-828Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • A personal journey : Central African art from the Lawrence Gussman collection / essay by Christa Clarke ; with catalogue entries by David Binkley ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • Purchase, N.Y. : Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ G 02-14Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The artistry of African currency.

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of African Art, 2000?]
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc E 02-633Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Africa illustrated [microform] : fantasy and reality before 1900 : June 5, 1991-November 10, 1991.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of Afican Art : Smithsonian Institution Libraries, [1991]
    • 199-1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc Micro F-13034Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • In and out of focus : images from Central Africa, 1885-1960 / Christraud M. Geary ; with an essay by Krzysztof Pluskota.

    • Text
    • London : Philip Wilson ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, c2002.
    • 2002
    • 2 Items
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    Text MFW+ 03-3132Offsite
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    Text Sc G 04-3Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Ethiopian passages : contemporary art from the diaspora / Elizabeth Harney ; with contributions by Jeff Donaldson, Achamyeleh Debela, Kinsey Katchka.

    • Text
    • London : Philip Wilson ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
    • 2003
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 03-95Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Claiming art, reclaiming space : post-apartheid art from South Africa / National Museum of African Art.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : The Museum, [1999]
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 07-2236Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Inscribing meaning : writing and graphic systems in African art / Christine Mullen Kreamer ... [et al.] ; contributors, Sarah Adams ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art ; [Milan?] : 5 Continents, c2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 08-216Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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  • The Rising of a new moon : a century of Tabwa art. Teacher's guide / Edward Lifschitz, Kim Habraken.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institute Press, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 86-270Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Encompassing the globe : Portugal and the world in the 16th & 17th centuries / edited by Jay A. Levenson ; with contributions by Diogo Ramada Curto and Jack Turner.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, c2007-
    • 2007-present
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014523.html
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    Text JFN 09-21 v. 1Offsite
  • Yinka Shonibare, MBE.

    • Text
    • Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ F 10-154Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Divine Comedy : heaven, purgatory and hell revisited by contemporary African artists / editor, Simon Njami ; co-editor, Mara Ambrožič.

    • Text
    • Bielefeld : Kerber, 2014.
    • 2014-2014
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 15-31Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Sounding forms : African musical instruments / edited by Marie-Thérèse Brincard ; text by Arthur Bourgeois ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • New York : American Federation of Arts, 1989.
    • 1989
    • 2 Items
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    Text JMG 92-272Offsite
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    Text Sc G 89-31Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • African art in the cycle of life / Roy Sieber and Roslyn Adele Walker.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Press, c1987.
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ G 88-5Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Ọḷóẉè of Iṣè : a Yoruba sculptor to kings / Roslyn Adele Walker.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 99-42Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Nsukka artists and Nigerian contemporary art / edited by Simon Ottenberg.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc E 02-1449Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • African vision : the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection / Christine Mullen Kreamer ; with contributions by Bryna Freyer & Andrea Nicolls ; introduction by Martin A. Sklar.

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : National Museum of African Art ; Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc G 07-33Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Art of West African kingdoms / project director, Edward Lifschitz.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art, by the Smithsonian Institution Press, c1987.
    • 1987
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc Art F 97-51Schomburg Center - Art & Artifacts

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    Text Sc F 89-26Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Earth matters : land as material and metaphor in the arts of Africa / Karen E. Milbourne.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution ; New York, NY : Monacelli Press, [2013]
    • 2013
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc+ F 14-143Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Africa illustrated : fantasy and reality before 1900 : June 5, 1991-November 10, 1991.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art : Smithsonian Institution Libraries, [1991]
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7380 AAf83Off-site
  • The art of the personal object / Philip L. Ravenhill.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art : Seattle : [Distributed by] University of Washington Press, [1991], ©1991.
    • 1991-1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7387 R196Off-site
  • History, design, and craft in West African strip-woven cloth : papers presented at a symposium organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 18-19, 1988.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : The Museum, [1992], ©1992.
    • 1992-1992
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7397 W52 H62Off-site
  • Patterns of life : West African strip-weaving traditions / Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, [1987], ©1987.
    • 1987-1987
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7397 W52 G39Off-site
  • Face of the spirits : masks from the Zaire Basin / editors, Frank Herreman ; Constantijn Petridis ; photography, Dick Beaulieu ; with contributions by M.-L. Bastin [and others].

    • Text
    • [Gent] : [Snoeck-Ducaju], [1993], ©1993.
    • 1993-1993
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7397 K83 F11Off-site
  • The voyage of King Njoya's gift : a beaded sculpture from the Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon, in the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. / Christraud M. Geary.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text NB1097 C14 G26Off-site
  • Astonishment and power : Kongo minkisi & the art of Renée Stout.

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : [National Museum of African Art], [1993]
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text NB239 St76 As87Off-site
  • A human ideal in African art : Bamana figurative sculpture / Kate Ezra.

    • Text
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text SI 1.2:Af 8/3Off-site
  • The rising of a new moon : a century of Tabwa art : an exhibition held at the National Museum of African Art, January 29 to March 17, 1986 / Edward Lifschitz, project director ; Kim Habraken, author and illustrator.

    • Text
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text SI 1.20:M 77Off-site
  • The Art of West African kingdoms / project director, Edward Lifschitz.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art, by the Smithsonian Institution Press, [1987], ©1987.
    • 1987-1987
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text N7397 W52 Ar75Off-site
  • Foreheads of the dead : an anthropological view of Kalabari ancestral screens / Nigel Barley.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, [1988], ©1988.
    • 1988-1988
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text NB1097 N56 B24Off-site

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