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

Book 1 of 2: Studies in Visual Culture

Kingdon, Zachary

 
9780415511018: A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture (Studies in Visual Culture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415511011 ISBN 13: 9780415511018
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

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
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415511011
ISBN 13 
9780415511018
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
266