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Galleries: Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art
 Whistle (nsiba)
Vili Peoples, Congo Republic, 1925–1975
Wood, antelope horn, medicines
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern,
2005/1.181
Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art
African art from a range of regions and traditions is on view in this light-filled oasis in the new Frankel Wing, with particular strength in work from Central Africa. Anchored by a nearly life-sized maternity figure from the Urhobo people, the gallery installation explores the question of how what were originally made as ritual objects function within the context of a modern-day museum.
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