Kongo across the Waters

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December 01 2013 Kongo across the Waters Susan Cooksey, Susan Cooksey Susan Cooksey is the Curator of African Art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida. She has curated a number of original exhibitions on African, Oceanic, and ancient American art. Her recent publications include: Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas, Harn Museum of Art (2011) and “Double Images in Win Divination and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human Identities,” in Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures, ed. Philip M. Peek (2011). secook@ufl.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Robin Poynor, Robin Poynor Robin Poynor teaches the arts of Africa and of Oceania in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida. He is the coauthor of A History of African Art, written with Monica Blackmun Visoná and Herbert M. Cole (2000, revised 2008). His current book project, Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State, is coedited with Amanda Carlson (forthcoming, 2013). rpoynor@arts.ufl.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Hein Vanhee Hein Vanhee Hein Vanhee works as a museum curator at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren in Belgium. Over the past six years he has developed the division of Collection Management within the department of Anthropology and History. He has published articles on Kongo history, Kongo art, colonial history, colonial literature, and collection management. hein.vanhee@africamuseum.be Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Susan Cooksey Susan Cooksey is the Curator of African Art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida. She has curated a number of original exhibitions on African, Oceanic, and ancient American art. Her recent publications include: Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas, Harn Museum of Art (2011) and “Double Images in Win Divination and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human Identities,” in Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures, ed. Philip M. Peek (2011). secook@ufl.edu Robin Poynor Robin Poynor teaches the arts of Africa and of Oceania in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida. He is the coauthor of A History of African Art, written with Monica Blackmun Visoná and Herbert M. Cole (2000, revised 2008). His current book project, Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State, is coedited with Amanda Carlson (forthcoming, 2013). rpoynor@arts.ufl.edu Hein Vanhee Hein Vanhee works as a museum curator at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren in Belgium. Over the past six years he has developed the division of Collection Management within the department of Anthropology and History. He has published articles on Kongo history, Kongo art, colonial history, colonial literature, and collection management. hein.vanhee@africamuseum.be Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 African Arts (2013) 46 (4): 74–87. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00109 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Susan Cooksey, Robin Poynor, Hein Vanhee; Kongo across the Waters. African Arts 2013; 46 (4): 74–87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00109 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.