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Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art
Christine Mullen Kreamer,
Christine Mullen Kreamer
CHRISTINE MULLEN KREAMER is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. kreamerc@si.edu
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Mary Nooter Roberts,
Mary Nooter Roberts
MARY (POLLY) NOOTER ROBERTS is deputy director and chief curator at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. proberts@arts.ucla.edu
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Elizabeth Harney,
Elizabeth Harney
ELIZABETH HARNEY is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Toronto. e.harney@utoronto.ca
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Allyson Purpura
Allyson Purpura
ALLYSON PURPURA is an independent scholar and curator in Washington, DC. apurpura@verizon.net
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Christine Mullen Kreamer
CHRISTINE MULLEN KREAMER is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. kreamerc@si.edu
Mary Nooter Roberts
MARY (POLLY) NOOTER ROBERTS is deputy director and chief curator at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. proberts@arts.ucla.edu
Elizabeth Harney
ELIZABETH HARNEY is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Toronto. e.harney@utoronto.ca
Allyson Purpura
ALLYSON PURPURA is an independent scholar and curator in Washington, DC. apurpura@verizon.net
Online Issn: 1937-2108
Print Issn: 0001-9933
© 2007 by the Regents of the University of California.
2007
African Arts (2007) 40 (3): 78–91.
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Christine Mullen Kreamer, Mary Nooter Roberts, Elizabeth Harney, Allyson Purpura; Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art. African Arts 2007; 40 (3): 78–91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2007.40.3.78
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