Medieval Africa takes the spotlight at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum
Biconical bead, Egypt or Syria (10th-11th century) Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
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Article Author: Medieval Africa takes the spotlight at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum
Media Source: Nuvo Magazine (Canada)
Date: 3 September 2019
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time , on view at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto from 21 September through 23 February 2020, takes a multipronged approach to examining the cultural and commercial vitality of West Africa and its role in defining globalism at the time. Organised by the Block Museum at Northwestern University in…
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, on view at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto from 21 September through 23 February 2020, takes a multipronged approach to examining the cultural and commercial vitality of West Africa and its role in defining globalism at the time. Organised by the Block Museum at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois home to the first African Studies program in the U.S., the exhibition showcases six centuries of artwork and artifacts from Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, and includes terracotta sculptures from Mali, Nigerian copper, and gold coins from Morocco.