Grass Roots

June 01 2009 Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art Enid Schildkrout, Enid Schildkrout Enid Schildkrout is chief curator and director of exhibitions and publications at the Museum for African Art and curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History. Her exhibitions and publications include “African Reflections: Art from Northeast Zaire” (1990) and “Body Art: Marks of Identity” (2000) at the American Museum of Natural History. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Dale Rosengarten, Dale Rosengarten Dale Rosengarten is a historian and curator in Special Collections at the College of Charleston Library. Her exhibitions and publications include Row upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry (1986) and “A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life.” Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Theodore Rosengarten Theodore Rosengarten Theodore Rosengarten is an independent scholar, teacher, and writer with interests in Southern history, race relations, and the Holocaust. His publications include All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (1974) and Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter (1986). He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lyndhurst Prize. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Enid Schildkrout Enid Schildkrout is chief curator and director of exhibitions and publications at the Museum for African Art and curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History. Her exhibitions and publications include “African Reflections: Art from Northeast Zaire” (1990) and “Body Art: Marks of Identity” (2000) at the American Museum of Natural History. Dale Rosengarten Dale Rosengarten is a historian and curator in Special Collections at the College of Charleston Library. Her exhibitions and publications include Row upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry (1986) and “A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life.” Theodore Rosengarten Theodore Rosengarten is an independent scholar, teacher, and writer with interests in Southern history, race relations, and the Holocaust. His publications include All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (1974) and Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter (1986). He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lyndhurst Prize. Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN: 0001-9933 © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California.2009 African Arts (2009) 42 (2): 44–55. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2009.42.2.44 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Enid Schildkrout, Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten; Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. African Arts 2009; 42 (2): 44–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2009.42.2.44 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. © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California.2009 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content

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