Art and Craft in Africa: Everyday Life, Ritual, Court ArtThe beautiful African objects presented in this book bear witness to the diverse esthetic and technical accomplishments of more than 100 African tribes, revealing the innate beauty of simple objects such as bowls, baskets, and masks, plus elaborate examples of weaponry, textiles, beadwork, and jewelry. 170 color illustrations. |
Contents
Introduction The art of the object in Black Africa 8 Headrest | 26 |
Furnishings for the hut and palace 13 Private collection | 39 |
The colourful world of textiles and woodbark | 63 |
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adorned aesthetic African Art Akan Amadou Hampâté Bâ animal anthropomorphic Ashanti Bambara Bamileke Bamum Barbier Barbier-Mueller Museum Baule beads beadwork beauty Benin blade bracelets brass bronze calabash CALIFORN CALIFORNIA Cameroon carved century ceremonies chair chiefs cloth colour Congo court covered craftsmen decorated designs DIEGO SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY Dogon drums fabrics figures fly-whisk forms Gabon Geneva geometric Ghana gold gourd head head-rests human Igbo-Ukwu instruments Ivory Coast jewellery jewels king knives Kuba LIBRARY SAN DIEGO lost-wax process Luba Mali Mangbetu metal motifs Mueller Museum Musée Dapper National Museum necklace Nigeria objects Opposite ornaments ORNIA Paris patterns pendants Photo Library piece pipes prestige Private collection raffia regalia René Caillié ritual royal SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO ERSITY SAN DIEGO LIBRARY sceptre sculptures Senufo shape SITY Songye spoons stool stylized swords symbol technique textiles traditional tribes Tshokwe types UNIV UNIVERSITY SAN weapons women Wood wooden worn Yoruba Zaïre Zande