Word: fagg
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...African countries, it is the most comprehensive show of the sculpture of Black Africa yet seen in the U.S. Four galleries have been cleared and special platforms, islands, and plinths built to display the artifacts to best advantage. The 194 objects selected by African scholar William Fagg, Keeper of Ethnography at the British Museum, include many works from the collections of African nations, as well as others from Western museums and collections. The National Gallery thus brings together a group of masterpieces and styles that not even the Africans ever saw assembled in one place...