Descrizione

I ed. Testo in inglese (Trad. Helen McPhail in collaborazione con First Edition Translations, Cambridge, UK). Contents: Introduction - Terracotta, a survivor from the hidden past - Bronze and ivory, proud possession of great kings - Art from the Royal Courts of Cameroon - Mask and dances bringing myths to life - Ancestral statues and representations of spirits - Reliquaries to conciliate occult forces - Large and small fetishes - The dignity of Black womanhood - Gold for decoration and ceremony - The significance of beutiful objects - Masp of ethnic groups - Index - Brief bibliography - Acknowledgements - Photo credits. In-4, pp. 224, cart., sovracc. ill. a coll. (Large dance mask with curved horns. Gabon. Kwele. Painted wood. H: 42 cm, L: 62 cm. Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva). Con più di 170 illustrazioni a colori nel testo e qualche illustrazione in nero. Stato buono