An installation from "Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria."
Evjue-Bascom Professor Henry Drewal has just completed a month of field research on the artistry of blacksmiths in West Africa (Togo and Benin).
While on leave this semester, Drewal will be Scholar-in Residence at the Sainsbury Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England working on his latest book on art and the senses.
The exhibition Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria (for which he wrote the catalogue essay) will open at the British Museum in March before beginning a US tour.