Who's Who in African Art. EDITION 2006

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Who’s Who

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African Art

Edition 2006

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AA     First: Autumn 1967 mso-ansi-language:NL'>

        African Arts. Magazine, Los Angeles-California. A quarterly devoted to the graphic, plastic, performing, and literary arts of Africa.

AAN     First: 1971

        Arts d'Afrique Noire. Magazine, Arnouville-France. Quarterly devoted to the arts of Africa.

AMRAC (1910-)

        Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge. From 1961 the title has been changed in: Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

ARSOM (1928-)

Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. Koninklijke Académie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen.

ASR (1958-)

       African Studies Review. The Journal of the African Studies Association.

AAA Galerie (1959-1979, May)

        Paris-France. Rue de l'Abbaye. See: René & Simone Rasmussen.

Aalderink, Kunsthandel (1929-present)

        Gallery, Amsterdam-The Netherlands. Specialized in Asian art. Also Oceanic & African Art. First owner Aalderink deceased, since 1973 new owner: Wim Bouman.

Aaronson, Mr.

        Coll. Buyer Fang figure, Soth.L. 13 July, 1971.

Aas, Norbert, Dr. (1950-)

        Scholar, curator, and art consultant. Bayreuth-Germany. Ph.D. in African (colonial) History/Anthropology. His consultancy is called Art Arc (contemporary African art). Author: Den Lauf der Dinge beeinflussen. Der nigerianische Künstler Obiora Udechukwu. Bayreuth: Bumerang-Verlag, 1999.

Abadie, Maurice (1885-)

        Scholar, French. Author: Afrique Centrale: La Colonie du Niger. Paris: Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1927.

Abalogu, Uchegbulam N.

        Scholar, Nigerian. Author: "Ekpe Society in Arochukwu and Bende." Nigeria Magazine, Lagos 1978.

Abalu (ca. 1930-)

        Dealer. Foumban-Cameroon. Sold many important Cameroon masks.

Abasi, Augustine H. Kututera

        Author: "The Kingdoms of West Africa: 15th-18th Centuries." In: Sabbe & Gistelinck, Kronkonbali. Leuven, 1991.

Abbate, Francesco

        Italian. Author: African Art and Oceanic Art. London: Octopus, 1972.

Abbeloos, R.V.

        Belgian. Author: "De sekte 'Lilwa'" Band VII, Leopoldville, 1949.

Abbia Gallery (19..-1970s)

        Sydney-Australia. See owner: Lonis Brouckxou.

Abbott, Susan (1945-)

        Scholar, American. Author: Full-Time Farmers and Weekend Wives: Change & Stress among rural Kikuyu Women. Thesis University of North Carolina, 1974.

Abbott, William Louis, Dr. (1860-1936)

        Fieldcollector? Prov. for ethnographical material from Kenya in National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,D.C. Author: "Ethnological Collections in the U.S. National Museum from Kilima-Njaro, East Africa." In: Report of the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1892. Washington, D.C.

ABC Gallery

       Knokke-Belgium. Tribal Arts. Owners: Martin & Yvette Janssen. Started dealing in 1950.

Abdel-Rasoul, Kawthar

        Author: "Funeral Rites in Nigeria." Wiener Völkerkundliche Mitteilungen, Bd.IV, 1956.

Abderrahim-Reichlen, Anne Marie

        Author: "La poterie du Mzâb, Algérie, et sa fonction sociale dans la Cummuneauté ibâdite." In: John Picton, 1984.

Abecassis, Fred

        Artist/coll.? A Portuguese painter. Prov. Tshokwe figure, 1890s.

Abel, Antoinie

        Married to Henri Abel. Author: "Utilisation des poids à peser l'or en Côte d'Ivoire." J.S.A.,XL­III,I, Paris, 1973.

Abel, Henri

        Scholar?/fieldcollector. Studied the use of goldweights in Côte d'Ivoire, 1950s. Henri assembled a collection goldweights, now in the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris. Author: "Poids à peser l'or en Côte d'Ivoire." Bulletin IFAN, 16, part B, 1954. See also: Josette Rivallain.