Published to accompany exhibition held at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, 14/3 - 27/9 1998 and travelling.

African art -- with its powerful forms, complex symbolism, and formal inventiveness -- has only recently come to be recognized as one of the great artistic trad

Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collec