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African Art

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Prehistory

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Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas



Features
Africa: Continent of Origins
Art and Oracle: A Scholarly Resource of African Art and Rituals of Divination
Art and Oracle: A Scholarly Resource of African Art and Rituals of Divination
Interview with a Yoruba Artist
Interview with a Yoruba Artist
Look for the Symbol in the Sculpture
Look for the Symbol in the Sculpture
Master Hand: Individuality and Creativity among Yoruba Sculptors
Master Hand: Individuality and Creativity among Yoruba Sculptors


Art-Related Links
Art-Related Links
The Museum maintains an index of hundreds of useful art-related links through the social bookmarking tool Delicious. See a list of bookmarks related to the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Currently on View
Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia
December 15, 2009–June 13, 2010
Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania
November 17, 2009–September 6, 2010
New Gallery for the Art of Native North America
Opened November 14, 2007
New Galleries for Oceanic Art
Opened November 14, 2007


Past Exhibitions
African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting
June 2, 2009–September 27, 2009
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End
September 30, 2008–April 5, 2009
Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs
October 7, 2008–February 1, 2009
Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru
Through September 1, 2008
Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary
October 2, 2007–March 2, 2008
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf
October 24, 2006–December 2, 2007
The Fabric of Life: Ikat Textiles of Indonesia
February 28, 2006–September 24, 2006
Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings
June 13, 2006–September 10, 2006
Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands
May 10, 2005–January 15, 2006
Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico
The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection

October 19, 2004–April 3, 2005
The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530–1830
September 29, 2004–December 12, 2004
Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture
February 10, 2004–September 5, 2004
The Responsive Eye: Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art
September 9, 2003–December 14, 2003
Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture
November 19, 2002–July 6, 2003
Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island
December 11, 2001–September 8, 2002
African, Oceanic, and Ancient American Art: Recent Acquisitions
May 22, 2001–October 28, 2001
Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru
November 3, 2000–April 29, 2001
Art and Oracle: Spirit Voices of Africa
April 26, 2000–July 30, 2000

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