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African sculpture (32)

The African Origin of Civilization: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.79, no. 4 (Spring, 2022)

Patch, Diana Craig and Alisa LaGamma

(2022)

The Art of Central Africa: Masterpieces from the Berlin Museum für Völkerkunde

Koloss, Hans-Joachim, with contributions by David Binkley, Arthur Bourgeois, Kathy Curnow, Kate Ezra, Dunja Hersak, Hans-Joachim Koloss, Wyatt MacGaffey, Polly Nooter, and Enid Schildkrout

(1990)

Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art

Goldwater, Robert, Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, and Tamara Northern

(1969)

Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture

LaGamma, Alisa

(2004)

For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection

Vogel, Susan, ed., with Kate Ezra

(1981)

Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture

LaGamma, Alisa

(2002)

Guide to The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beeson, Nora B.

(1972)

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

LaGamma, Alisa

(2011)

Kongo: Power and Majesty

LaGamma, Alisa

(2015)

Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Burn, Barbara

(2006)

A Masterwork of African Art: The Dogon Couple

Watts, Edith W.

(2002)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide

Hollein, Max

(2019)