Photos

Ijo peoples (Kalabari subgroup), Degema area, Nigeria
Hippopotamus Mask (Otobo)
Collected ca. 1916
Wood, metal, incrustation, pigment
H. 18 ½ in (47 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, Gift of Raymond and Laura Wielgus in honor of Rudy Professor Emeritus Roy Sieber, 96.49
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Luluwa peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Female Figure (Lupingu lwa Bwimpe or Bwanga bwa Bwimpe)
Second half of the 19th century
Wood, incrustation, kaolin
H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection, 75.91
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Bamana peoples, Mali
Marionette Headdress
Before 1935
Wood, brass, cloth
H. 57 ¾ in. (146.7 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, 77.87
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Kom kingdom, Cameroon
Bowl Figure
Early 20th century
Wood, glass beads, raffia cloth, fiber, iron
H. 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, 68.190
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Clive Sithole (South African, b. 1971)
Vessel (Uphiso), 2007
Clay
H. 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, 2007.15, Museum purchase with funds from the Class of 1949 Endowed Curatorship for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Baule peoples, Côte d’Ivoire
Mask (Goli Kpan)
Early 20th century
Wood, pigment
H. 19 7/8 in. (50.4 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum, 77.34.1
Photo by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague, ©Indiana University Art Museum

Dr. Abdou Yaro with Bamanankan students at the language festival

Mbira master performer Cosmas Magaya at the Lotus Blossom Festival, Binford Elementary School

Zulu language students performing a gum boot dance at the language festival

Journalism Professor James Kelly with students on summer study abroad program in Kenya

Linguistics Ph.D. student Abbie Hantgan conducting research on the Bangime language on the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali
Courtesy Abbie Hantgan

Anthropology Ph.D. student Katherine Wiley with host family in Kankossa, Mauritania
Courtesy Katherine Wiley

Anthropology Professor Beth Buggenhagen and daughter Evelyn with cloth traders in Dakar, Senegal
Courtesy Beth Buggenhagen

Anthropology Professor Gracia Clark during an interview in Kumasi, Ghana
Courtesy Gracia Clark

African Studies Program 50th Anniversary Reception in the IU Art Museum atrium, 21 October 2011

Comparative Literature Professor Eileen Julien at African photojournalism exhibit in the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, 20 October 2011; photos by Djibril Sy (Senegal) and Jacob Otieno (Kenya) in background

Professor Eileen Julien, photojournalist Jacob Otieno, and Journalism Professor James Kelly at exhibit opening, 20 October 2011

Graduate students Adrien Pouille (Comparative Literature) and Sarah Keil (Library and Information Science/African Studies) in the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the IU Art Museum