FAMILY
MATTERS
The Portrayal of Relationships in African Sculpture
October 23, 2004 - January 16, 2005
PLEASE NOTE that the gallery will be CLOSED
from Monday, November 8 through Frriday, November 12.
We will re-open at noon on Saturday, November 13.
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All photos © Hamill Gallery
Images and information listed alphabetically by tribe or ethnic group.
We now have over 200 catalogs on this site, with up to 100 objects per catalog and we are expanding the offerings weekly. Please note: all of our catalogs exist
online only; we do not have any printed editions.New Additions for frequent visitors.
For our repeat visitors, whom we value, we will try to link all recent additions to the site here on this page so that you don't miss anything.
For our international clients, used to the Metric System, the following converstion may make our measurements easier to understand:
inch to mm multiply by 25.4 ----inch to cm multiply by 2.54 -----foot to meter multiply by 0.3048
(Et pour nos clients francophone, nous sommes capables de repondre dans votre langue, meme si les accents n'existent pas sur des claviers americains.)A brief visual visit to The Gallery.
Chronological History of Exhibitions in Gallery History.
Hamill Gallery of African Art, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a 7000 sq. ft. exhibition space showing ever changing displays from 75 major peoples, giving a balanced view of subjects, styles and techniques used for centuries in west and central Africa. Works include masks, figures, artifacts, textiles, jewelry, books and posters giving an idea of the visual impact and spiritual power of tribal art. Every three months special exhibitions highlight one tribe or theme.
Traditional peoples represented include the Afikpo, Afo, Akan, Asante, Attie, Baga, Bakongo, Bakota, Bali, Bamana, , Bamileke, Bamun, Bangwa, Bantu, Bassa, Bateke, Baule, Bembe, Benin, Bobo, Bongo, Bozo, Bura, Bwa, Chokwe, Dan, Dinka, Djenne, Dogon, Eket, Ekoi, Ethiopian, Ewe, Fali, Fang, Fante, Fon, Fulani, Grebo, Guere, Guro, Gurunsi, Hausa, Hehe, Ibibio, Idoma, Ife, Igbo, Ishan, Kamba, Katsina, Kirdi, Kuba, Kwele, Lega, Lobi, Luba, Maasai, Mahongwe, Makonde, Mbaka, Mbuti Pygmy, Mossi, Mende, Mumuye, Nafana, Nalu, Namji, Ndebele, Nok, Nupe, Pende, Punu, Senufo, Songye, Suku, Tabwa, Tenenkun, Toma, Toussian, Tsogo, Tuareg, Urhobo, Wurkun, Yaka, Yaure,Yoruba and Zoromo.
Statement on African Art
Gallery Information
Exhibitions Outside the Gallery
Booklist