A sampling of a few of over 100 digital images of African art recently purchased from Davis Art Images, including images of textiles and sculpture from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. These images can be easily located in the SCAD DID by highlighting “Africa” Period and entering “Davis 6/2009″ in the Archive Source field.
clockwise from upper left:
Head Crest. c.19th-20th C. Igbo, Nigeria. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Helmet Mask. Mende, Sierra Leone. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Chair. Late 19th C. Mum, Cameroon. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Power Figure. c.19th-20th C. Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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