11.   Hairstyles are certainly the focal points of much African sculpture, as two arresting and very different pieces at the start of the show suggest.

12.   In addition to his African sculptures, he favors antique musical instruments and Renaissance and Baroque furniture.

13.   Matisse had in his hand when he walked into the room a small African tribal sculpture that he had spotted in a nearby antiques shop.

14.   One museum had visitors vote on which of two African sculptures to buy, another had ordinary people writing museum labels.

15.   On the mantle over the fireplace stand a small African sculpture and a bust of Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon.

16.   People who otherwise trust their own esthetic judgment often seem to freeze at the sight of African sculptures.

17.   Small rectangles of random type peer from the visors of massive welding masks, arranged like African sculptures on one gallery wall.

18.   We tend to think of African sculpture as more or less anonymous, the creations of a tribe rather than a person.

19.   What if the great cache of World War II trophy art recently put on display by the Russian government were made up of African sculptures rather than European paintings?

20.   You never know when some African sculpture or Rubens sketch, much less some painted eggshell or other knickknacks, may suddenly catch your eye.