| Yaka Contributor(s): Bourgeois, Arthur P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 8874395159 ISBN-13: 9788874395156 Publisher: 5 Continents Editions
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Visions of Africa |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | African |
| Series: Visions of Africa |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" L (1.15 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Yaka, a tribe in the southwestern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have for over a century produced figurative statuettes, masks, and other objects that have fascinated Western scholars, collectors, and explorers. This impressive book brings together some of the earliest examples, as well as some of the most visually striking, and explores their uses in installation and initiation ceremonies and curative rituals, examining their relationship to leadership, divination, and sorcery. Colonial influences as well as "anti-fetish" religious movements are studied for their impact on Yaka traditional art. The book includes 21 black-and-white illustrations and drawings accompanying the text, 62 color plates with commentary, and an annotated bibliography. |
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