Date of Award
Summer 1982
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Humanities
Committee Director
Linda McGreevy
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H85S55
Abstract
An examination of the William H. Sheppard African Art Collection at Hampton Institute located in Hampton, Virginia, reveals one of the finest examples of African art in existence today. This exhibit hails from the Kasai region located in Zaire (the Congo) of Africa. Since African art 1s expressive power derives from the functional value of the object, attention is focused on the socio-cultural use of the art from the Kuba tribe in the Kasai region. This discussion and investigation of objects in the collection precedes the appendices which includes complete chronological, alphabetical, and typological catalogues.
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DOI
10.25777/na0t-9n46
Recommended Citation
Singletary, Richard A..
"The William H. Sheppard African Art Collection at Hampton Institute"
(1982). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, Humanities, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/na0t-9n46
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/humanities_etds/120
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