CHOKWE! ART AND INITIATION AMONG CHOKWE AND RELATED PEOPLES. [Tchokwe African art.]
Language: English
Published by Munich, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, 1998., 1999
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191 pages. Large paperback: H 30cm x L 24cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed; several light scratches to rear cover. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy. Prestel "New Books 1998" brochure laid-in between pages 40-41. Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art and opening at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama from November 1, 1998 to January 3, 1999 and touring to the Baltimore Museum of Art from June 13 to September 5, 1999 and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts from October 24, 1999 to January 16, 2000. With Acknowledgements, Foreword, Preface, Director's Statement, 156 color and b/w plates, and Bibliography. Features seven essays divided among three sections. SECTION I: ROYAL ARTS - "Chokwe Arts: Wealth of Symbolism and Aesthetic Expression" by Marie-Louise Bastin; "The King's Crowns: Hierarchy in the Making Among the Aruwund (Lunda)" by Manuela Palmeirim. SECTION II: INITIATION ARTS - "Engaging the Ancestors: Makishi Masquerades and the Transmission of Knowledge Among Chokwe and Related Peoples" by Manuel Jordan; "Potential and Fulfilled Woman: Initiations, Sculpture, and Masquerades in Kabompo District, Zambia" by Elisabeth L. Cameron; "Ngidi and Mukanda Initiation Rites: Forces of Social Cohesion Among the Holo" by Niangi Batulukisi. SECTION III: ART AND LIFE - "Art, God and Spirit Possession in the Interpretation of Illness among the Luvale and Related Peoples" by Boris Wastiau; and "The Birth of a Divination Basket" by Sonia Silva. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Art-Shelf#2} ISBN 3791319973.…
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- Title
- CHOKWE! ART AND INITIATION AMONG CHOKWE AND RELATED PEOPLES. [Tchokwe African art.]
- Author
- Jordan, Manuel (editor). Marie Louise Bastin, Niangi Batulukisi, Elisabeth L. Cameron, Manuel Jordan, Manuela Palmeirim, Sonia Silva, and Boris Wastiau (contributors). Birmingham Museum of Art. Baltimore Museum of Art. Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
- Publisher
- Munich, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, 1998.
- Publication year
- 1999
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3791319973
- ISBN 13
- 9783791319971
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