Ancestral Screen
Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 11:15AM
[chuck] in Art, DDe Young museum, Kalabari, Nigeria

Lovely Kalabari (Nigeria) piece in the De Young museum. Ancestral screen (1890-1920) made from iroko wood, bamboo, rattan, vegetable fibers, pigment, and metal. [NOTE: A high-resolution, horizontal crop of this image, suitable as an ancestral screen(saver) can be downloaded here].

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