Several works from the Shepherd Collection, including a beaded head-shrine basket from Nigeria, a Congolese judgment figure with an outstretched arm, and an abstract vessel from eastern Africa crafted from wood and rope, are currently on display at the MMAC.
July 7, 2024
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UM law school alumna donates African art collection to museum
She remembers drawing patterns with a compass and protractor as a child and papering her bedroom walls – when allowed by her mother – in burlap. Decades later, traveling around the country for work and pleasure, she developed an affinity for African fabrics and slowly assembled the extensive collection of textiles and art that she is gifting to UM’s Montana Museum of Art and Culture.