Antelopes and Queens: Bambara Sculpture from the Western Sudan: A Groundbreaking Exhibition at the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1960 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/antelopesandqueensbambarasculpturefromthewesternsudanagroundbreakingexhibitionatthemuseumofprimitive
The Museum of Primitive Art’s focus on works linked to a single cultural or ethnic group was unprecedented, and it created a standard for exhibitions of African art that endured throughout the twentieth century.
and collector alike, and the very rare, majestic . . . figures known as ‘queens’ have
