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African Art: Journal Resources

This guide will help you locate resources on African art.

Journals

Tutsi Basketry

 
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Tutsi Basketry 

 Screen (Insika), early–mid-20th century, Rwanda or Burundi; Tutsi peoples, Cane, reed fibers, and natural black dye (2010.127

 

 

Biro, Yaëlle. "Tutsi Basketry". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tuts/hd_tuts.htm

 (March 2011)

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