Connecting through Craft: Elkana Ong’esa Reunites with Earliest Soapstone Sculptures
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- Connecting through Craft: Elkana Ong’esa Reunites with Earliest Soapstone Sculptures
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- Information of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival: http://www.festival.si.edu In 1965, at age 21, Kenyan artist Elkana Ong’esa sold one of his earliest sculptures to an American student doing research in Kisii. Almost fifty years later, the two met by chance at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. Videography: Albert Tong, Andrea Curran, David Barnes Editing: Nicholas Mangialardi The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright/). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time. [Catalog No. CFV10684; Copyright 2016 Smithsonian Institution]
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