FOR SPIRITS AND KINGS African Art from the Tishman Collection THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New YorkFOR SPIRITS AND KINGS African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection Edited by Susan Vogel Translations and additional research by Kate Ezra Photographs by Jerry L. Thompson THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New YorkAcknowledgments Thave been particularly fortunate to have as collaborators on this project many friends: Kate Ezra, who worked in tandem with me on every aspect of the book; Jerry Thompson, who painstakingly took the photographs; and Polly Cone and Elizabeth Stllinger, who skillfully edited the many manuscripts. Robert Press, a wizard at the typewriter, Patricia Rector, an intimate of the collection, and Linda Castro, who meticulously read proofs, made the entire undertaking easier for all of us. Paul Tishman became a coworker at many points, and T thank him for his labor as well as for his generosity in making the exhibition and book possible. William Fagg helped in the early stages of the selection and wrote numerous insightful texts. I thank him for that and acknowledge too the intellectual debt that all of us—students of African art—owe to him. Finally, I warmly thank my friends and colleagues who have contributed their knowledge and their unique perceptions to the text of this book. Copyright © 1981 by The Metropolitan Muscum of Art Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bradford D. Kelleher, Publisher John B O'Neill, E Elizabeth Stillinger, Polly Cone, Editors Roberta Savage, Designer Maps drawn by Kathleen Borowik Type set by LOR Graphics, Inc., New York Printed by the Arts Publisher, Ine., New York Bound by Publishers Book Bindery, Long Island City, New York On the coverijcke: (front) no. 94, Mbem? male figure: (back) no, 148, Zimbabece figure Susan Vogel [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Main entry under vite: For spirits and kings Bibliography p Includes index. 1. Sculpture, Black—Afticg, West—Exhibitions Sculpture, Primitive Africa, West Exhibitions Tishman, Paul~Art collectons-—Exhibiions, ‘Tishman, Ruth—Art collections Exhibitions Vogel, Sisan Mullin. Hl. Metropolitan Musca, of Are (New York, N-Y) NBIOW.F6 730-967 0740471 1-368 ISBN 0-870994 AACR? ISBN 1-47099-268-46 (pbk) ISBN 0-8109-0927-8 (HINA)