print email comment close Inscribing Meaning: Writing + Graphic Systems in African Art URL: http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html Description: This exhibition "explores the relationships between African art and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems and the written word." Exhibit sections cover body art, sacred aspects of graphic inscription, political writing, artists' books, and related topics. Includes learning activities and suggested reading. Developed by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Publisher: National Museum of African Art LII Database Information: Record 24236 created by Jennifer English on 07/31/2007 Last modification on 01/31/2008 Published: 01/31/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24236