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Black Africa : masks, sculpture, jewelry 🔍
Bookking International, Glorious world of art, Paris, ©1992
Laure Meyer; [translation, Helen McPhail ... ] 🔍
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Masks, Pottery, Bronze, Ivory, Gold, Statues Of Ancestors, Reliquaries, And Jewelry All Express The Influence Of Myths On The Daily Life And Inventive Genius Of More Than 60 Ethnic Groups. This Book Covers Each Subject In Turn, Is Magnificently Illustrated In Color, And Examines The Entire Range Of Black African Art From Aesthetic And Ethnological Points Of View. Terracotta, A Survivor From The Hidden Past -- Bronze And Ivory, Proud Possessions Of Great Kings -- Art From The Royal Courts Of Cameroon -- Masks And Dances Bringing Myths To Life -- Ancestral Statues And Representations Of Spirits -- Reliquaries To Conciliate Occult Forces -- Large And Small Fetishes -- Warriors And Hunters -- The Dignity Of Black Womanhood -- Gold For Decoration And Ceremony -- The Significance Of Beautiful Objects -- Map Of Ethnic Groups. Laure Meyer ; [translation, Helen Mcphail In Association With First Edition Translations Ltd.]. Includes Bibliographical References.
Alternative author
Meyer, Laure
Alternative publisher
Editions P. Terrail
Alternative publisher
Paris: Terrail
Alternative edition
Engl. ed, Paris, cop. 1994
Alternative edition
Paris, France, 1992
Alternative edition
France, France
Alternative edition
December 1995
Alternative edition
December 1994
Alternative edition
PS, 1995
metadata comments
Obscured text at leaf 3, 231 due to sticker
metadata comments
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).
Alternative description
224 pages : 30 cm
Masks, pottery, bronze, ivory, gold, statues of ancestors, reliquaries, and jewelry all express the influence of myths on the daily life and inventive genius of more than 60 ethnic groups. This book covers each subject in turn, is magnificently illustrated in color, and examines the entire range of black African art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index
Terracotta, a survivor from the hidden past -- Bronze and ivory, proud possessions of great kings -- Art from the royal courts of Cameroon -- Masks and dances bringing myths to life -- Ancestral statues and representations of spirits -- Reliquaries to conciliate occult forces -- Large and small fetishes -- Warriors and hunters -- The dignity of Black womanhood -- Gold for decoration and ceremony -- The significance of beautiful objects -- Map of ethnic groups
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2023-06-28
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