Ralph Shapiro Director’s Discretionary Fund / American Express / Manus / /
Continent
Africa / Europe / /
Country
Niger / Haiti / United States / Brazil / Nigeria / Cameroon / /
Facility
Metropolitan Museum of Art / British Museum / Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art / Hélène Fowler Museum / Berlin’s Museum of Ethnology / Emory University / Shrine Figures Students / Shrine Sculpture / Barbier-Mueller Museum / Shrine Sculpture Background Information Across / Art Institute of Chicago / Muslim Fowler Museum / University of London / Fowler Museum / /
IndustryTerm
food / precolonial networks / /
NaturalFeature
Lower Benue Valley / Benue Valley / Benue River Valley / Eastern Gongola Valley / Niger river / Benue River / /
Organization
Yvonne Lenart Public Programs Fund / UCLA / University of California / Ahmanson Foundation / National Endowment for the Humanities / Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director’s Discretionary Fund / Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles / School of Oriental and African Studies / Jerome L. Joss Fund / Emory University / Atlanta / Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center / UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture / Smithsonian / Art Institute of Chicago / University of London / Benue Arts Unit / National Endowment for the Arts / /
Person
Barry Kitnick / Sidney Kasfir / Helen Kuhn / Leo Frobenius / Richard Fardon / Usman dan Fodio / Mami Wata / Ceil Pulitzer / Jay Last / Michael Pulitzer / Deborah Last / Edwin Silver / Joseph Goldenberg / Hélène Joubert / Wally Horstmann / Barbara Goldenberg / Lyn Avins / Sidney L. Kasfir / Anjenu Wata / Marla C. Berns / Jill Kitnick / Betsy D. Quick / Cherie K. Silver / /
Position
collector / art historian / Professor of West / Professor of Art History / artist / Director / Fowler Museum / Curator / Professor of West African Anthropology / /
Region
sub-Saharan Africa / Central Nigeria / Southern Nigeria / Caribbean / /
A Curriculum Resource for Teachers Lyn Avins and Betsy D. Quick This curriculum resource was developed in conjunction with the exhibition Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley. The exhibition is organ