Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications) - Softcover

LaGamma, Alisa

 
9780810965454: Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0810965453 ISBN 13: 9780810965454
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

A complete aesthetic and social examination of fifty representative and diverse African articles created by different cultures to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods.

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Synopsis

The catalogue to a major exhibition, this work showcases the art of such African divinatory systems as those of the Azande, Luba, Yaka, Yoruba and Malagasy. It considers them for both their artistry and as mediums through which divine insights may be revealed.

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Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0810965453
ISBN 13 
9780810965454
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
80

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