tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post7219630580486092771..comments2014-09-08T08:16:16.132+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-11310139947571939572009-02-23T21:42:00.000+01:002009-02-23T21:42:00.000+01:00Benin art did not escape the Islamic influences. During the exhibition in Chicago, I saw leopard aquaminiles thought to have come from the Islamic north. Aquamaniles are special ewers or jugs made in the form of animals.Lost at The Endhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268790075347094041[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-51127396047765927492009-02-23T17:22:00.000+01:002009-02-23T17:22:00.000+01:00In 1962, Mbari published a book of drawings by Ibrahim el Salahi, who has moved between calligraphy and drawing etc. Salahi has made a major contribution to Sudanese art, and also had an impact in Nigeria. where he exhibited at the Mbari Club and contributed to 'Black Orpheus'. JGJames Gibbs[email protected]