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A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture: 2 (Studies in Visual Culture) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 2: Studies in Visual Culture

Kingdon, Zachary

 
9780415277273: A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture: 2 (Studies in Visual Culture)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415277272 ISBN 13: 9780415277273
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique.
The creation of such works is shown to connect with a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits function as a format for expression. The book describes the ways in which the sculpture emerged, as well as the author's experience of learning how to carve.

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About the Author

Zachary Kingdon is the Curator of African Collections at the Liverpool Museum and conducted research among Makonde sculptors in Tanzania between 1990 and 1992.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415277272
ISBN 13 
9780415277273
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
266