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Stories of the artists and peoples behind the work: the sculptors, tribes, and traditions that have shaped our collection.
December 28, 2017Tribe ProfileSouthern Africa
The Shona Tribe
The Shona are the largest indigenous group in Zimbabwe, comprising roughly 80 percent of the country's population and divided into five principal clans: the Karanga, Zezuru, Korekore, Manyika, and Nda...
August 8, 2016Tribe ProfileWest Africa
The Dogon Tribe
The Dogon are an ancient people of the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali, a 500-kilometre sandstone cliff rising dramatically above the plains of the Niger bend. They settled here, in cliff-face...