have constantly refined their collection, which now contains the full range of African sculptures, from delicate sixteenth-century Sherbro-Portuguese ivories to boldly conceived wooden figures from Cameroon (front cover).

For Spirits and Kings presents the art of six major regions south of the Sahara: the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Africa, Central Africa, and the Southeast. Susan Vogel, curator of African art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has contributed a valuable general introduction and a brief essay on the art of each area listed. Outstanding examples of the art of each area are then illustrated with striking photographs and discussed by seventy-one eminent specialists from the United States, Europe, and Africa. Each author has written about objects in his area of expertise, and many writers have supplementedtheir texts with field photographs showing related objects in traditional contexts. The result is a splendid book that Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum, has called "an ambitious scholarly achievement, a veritable anthology of the most recent scholarship, ... a major contribution to the field of African studies."

Petridis, Constantijn. "A Figure for Cibola: Art, Politics, and Aesthetics among the Luluwa People of the Democratic Republic of Congo." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 36 (2001). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Priese, Karl-Heinz. The Gold of Meroe. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.

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Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. "Foundations of Aksumite Civilization and Its Christian Legacy (1st7th century)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,