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view <I>Untitled</I> digital asset number 1

Untitled

Maker:: S. G. Mpata, 1942 - 1984, b. Tanzania Search this

Medium:: Enamel paint on fiberboard

Dimensions:: H x W: 61.6 x 61.6 cm (24 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)

Type:: Painting

Geography:: Tanzania

Date:: 1971-1973

Topic:: fish Search this; boat Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. W. Beverly Carter, Jr.

Object number:: 79-28-55

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: Copyright 1971-1973 Edward Mpata

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys749e83eb9-9f91-405c-b518-1a9b38c6e694

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_79-28-55

view <I>Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris</I> digital asset number 1

Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 8 minutes 2 seconds

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1989

Topic:: male Search this; female Search this

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-1

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Exhibition:: Currents: Water in African Art; ongoing exhibition

On View:: NMAfA, Second Level Concourse

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys78cd655a9-2dfd-4232-94bb-e8e0577f1e81

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-1

view <I>Mine</I> digital asset number 1

Mine

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1991

Topic:: male Search this

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-2

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys746ed92eb-0596-4548-9aa3-b1fd364441cc

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-2

view <I>Monument</I> digital asset number 1

Monument

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1990

Topic:: male Search this

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-3

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys77be83076-2dde-462e-a98e-a4b1462fa010

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-3

view <I>Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old</I> digital asset number 1

Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1991

Topic:: male Search this

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-4

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7e21adb73-8c01-4536-a9bf-687822043fad

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-4

view <I>Felix in Exile</I> digital asset number 1

Felix in Exile

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 9 minutes

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1993

Topic:: male Search this

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-5

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys73dcb7ba8-95b1-4558-9f9f-655d9f1db620

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-5

view <I>History of the Main Complaint</I> digital asset number 1

History of the Main Complaint

Maker:: William Kentridge, born 1955, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Animated film recorded on videotape

Dimensions:: Duration: 4 minutes

Type:: Time Based Media

Geography:: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:: 1994

Credit Line:: Museum purchase

Object number:: 96-34-6

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1989 WJ Kentridge

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7bb18339d-e80e-4b0d-ad8a-b5e85a465e9c

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-34-6

view Headrest digital asset number 1

Headrest

Maker:: Soli artist Search this

Medium:: Wood

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 16.8 x 22.1 x 8.0 cm (6 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Type:: Decorative Arts

Geography:: Zambia

Date:: Late 19th-early 20th century

Topic:: Household Search this; Status Search this; geometric motif Search this; male Search this

Credit Line:: Sylvia H. Williams Memorial Fund for Acquisitions

Object number:: 96-5-1

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7a653db05-12ca-41fb-8f38-a28361ab9afa

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_96-5-1

view Cloth currency digital asset number 1

Cloth currency

Maker:: Mbun artist Search this

Medium:: Raffia

Dimensions:: H x W: 86.4 x 2.9 cm (34 x 1 1/8 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date:: Early 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Trade Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of S. M. Harris

Object number:: 99-13-28

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys707d3f27c-a238-4f30-857a-c98006fe7097

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_99-13-28

view Cloth currency digital asset number 1

Cloth currency

Maker:: Mbun artist Search this

Medium:: Raffia

Dimensions:: H x W: 91.4 x 5.1 cm (36 x 2 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date:: Early 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Trade Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of S. M. Harris

Object number:: 99-13-29

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys78086efba-ebd4-4fc4-8ab7-473c99cdbb85

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_99-13-29

view Cloth currency digital asset number 1

Cloth currency

Maker:: Mbun artist Search this

Medium:: Raffia

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 6.2 x 84.4 x 18.8 cm (2 7/16 x 33 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date:: Early 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Trade Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of S. M. Harris

Object number:: 99-13-30

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7e30d89ad-e3b9-4bd6-8581-873258afe133

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_99-13-30

view Cloth currency bundle digital asset number 1

Cloth currency bundle

Maker:: Mbun artist Search this

Medium:: Raffia, plant fibers

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 104 x 30 x 17 cm (40 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date:: Early 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Trade Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of S. M. Harris

Object number:: 99-13-31

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys75d8abba8-597e-4b8a-8eda-05c1cf6d47a8

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_99-13-31

view Bowl stand digital asset number 1

Bowl stand

Object Name:: taseskat

Maker:: Tuareg artist Search this

Medium:: Wood, hide, pigment

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 92 × 37 × 36 cm (36 1/4 × 14 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Type:: Decorative Arts

Geography:: Mali; Niger

Date:: Mid-20th century

Topic:: Household Search this; Female use Search this; male Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of an anonymous donor

Object number:: 2014-31-3

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys77e5be9e2-f79d-440a-b80a-24d354bfccf6

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2014-31-3

view Neck ring currency digital asset number 1

Neck ring currency

Maker:: Matakam artist Search this

Medium:: Iron

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 0.8 × 17.7 × 15.7 cm (5/16 × 6 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Cameroon

Date:: 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Allen and Barbara Davis in honor of Bryna Freyer, Curator, National Museum of African Art

Object number:: 2015-4-4

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7e5b29bf0-38f1-47ce-b114-3404cf491e99

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2015-4-4

view Neck ring currency digital asset number 1

Neck ring currency

Maker:: Yoruba artist Search this

Medium:: Copper alloy

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 5.7 × 24.5 × 24.8 cm (2 1/4 × 9 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Nigeria

Date:: 19th century

Topic:: Adornment Search this; male Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Allen and Barbara Davis in honor of Bryna Freyer, Curator, National Museum of African Art

Object number:: 2015-4-5

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys73ffacb07-a82b-4624-9a59-bc9746f8c90d

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2015-4-5

view Chest digital asset number 1

Chest

Maker:: Swahili artist Search this

Medium:: Wood, copper, brass

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 42.6 × 98.1 × 42.8 cm (16 3/4 × 38 5/8 × 16 7/8 in.)

Type:: Decorative Arts

Geography:: Bagomoyo, Tanzania

Date:: Early to mid-20th century

Topic:: Marriage Search this; Household Search this; male Search this

Credit Line:: Gift in memory of Nancy E. MacDonald

Object number:: 2015-7-1

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7a377d4b9-0155-4bd9-8c3e-7ef65f37a458

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2015-7-1

view Headrest digital asset number 1

Headrest

Maker:: Oromo artist Search this

Medium:: Wood, twine

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 19 × 18 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Type:: Decorative Arts

Geography:: Ethiopia

Date:: Mid-20th century

Topic:: Household Search this; male Search this

Credit Line:: Gift in memory of Nancy E. MacDonald

Object number:: 2015-7-8

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7bd0ce077-b560-4825-8134-75fa64fb367f

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2015-7-8

view <I>Apartheid Laboratory</I> digital asset number 1

Apartheid Laboratory

Maker:: Willie Bester, born 1956, South Africa Search this

Medium:: Mixed media assemblage

Dimensions:: 222 × 205 × 80 cm (87 3/8 × 80 11/16 × 31 1/2 in.)

Type:: Installation

Geography:: South Africa

Date:: 1995

Credit Line:: Gift of Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman and Jerome L. and Ellen Stern

Object number:: 2017-15-1

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

Copyright:: © 1995 Willie Bester

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Exhibition:: Heroes: Principles of African Greatness

On View:: NMAfA, First Level North Galleries (1130-1134)

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7528f4682-6990-4529-80f0-25d2a7a1c137

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_2017-15-1

view Chair digital asset number 1

Chair

Object Name:: gba

Maker:: Kru artist Search this; Dan artist Search this

Medium:: Wood

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 33 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm (13 x 14 1/2 x 11 in.)

Type:: Decorative Arts

Geography:: Côte d'Ivoire

Date:: Early 20th century

Topic:: Initiation Search this; Status Search this; male Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Warner Williams

Object number:: 64-9-1

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys789ebeac6-0893-4129-8e1c-e8eb9b52b06c

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_64-9-1

view Kissi pennies digital asset number 1

Kissi pennies

Maker:: Kissi artist Search this

Medium:: Iron

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 44.1 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm (17 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in.)

Type:: Sculpture

Geography:: Liberia; Guinea; Sierra Leone

Date:: Late 19th-early 20th century

Topic:: male Search this; Trade Search this; Currency Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Theodore H. Becker

Object number:: 66-11-6

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: National Museum of African Art Collection

Exhibition:: Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts

On View:: NMAfA, Second Level Gallery (2193)

Data Source:: National Museum of African Art

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys745dfa59b-8ae7-464d-be85-ae4b7523ff5a

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmafa_66-11-6

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