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Yale University: Yale University Art Gallery
Discription: The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting, African sculpture, and modern art.
The Yale collection of art from Africa is from south of the Sahara had its beginnings with gifts of several textiles in 1937, and it now numbers some 1,000 objects in wood, metal, ivory, ceramic, and other materials. Major milestones in forming the collection occurred in 1954, with the acquisition of the Linton Collection of African Art, purchased for the Gallery by Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn, and in 2004, with the gift of the entire Charles B. Benenson collection of six hundred African objects. The main centre of attraction is the huge collection of African sculpture, African bronze sculpture, African wood sculptures, African stone sculpture, West African sculptures, African woman sculpture and African head sculptures.
Address:1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 432-0600
Website: artgallery.yale.edu
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New Orleans Museum of Art
Discription: The NOMA collection of tribal arts from sub-Saharan Africa is considered one of the most important half-dozen collections of its type in American art museums. NNOMA's commitment to collecting African art is half a century old, dating back to 1953. The collection contains in-depth strengths of the major art-producing peoples such as the Bamana, Dogon, Baule, Yoruba, Fang, Tabwa, Luba, Bembe and Chokwe. Among the Yoruba objects are three rare sculptures by the great carver, Olowe of Ise, and two by Areogun of Osi-Ilorin. The collection contains masks, figures (reliquary, shrine, ancestor, initiation), textiles, storage and utility vessels, African Yoruba sculpture, traditional African sculpture, South African sculpture, ancient African sculptures, African art sculpture, prestige objects, furniture, costumes, marionettes, jewelry and musica linstruments made of a fascinating variety of materials including wood, ivory, stone, terracotta, cloth, beadwork and various metals, including gold.
Address: 1 Collin diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70119
Phone: (504) 658-4100
Website: noma.org
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