Masks Of Black Africa
by Segy, Ladislas
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Dover Publications, NY, 1976; First Edition; 4to, 248 pages. Authoritative study, profusely illustrated with 264 b&w photographs of masks from all regions of the African continent, each identified as to tribe, place of origin, and use. Includes masks of the Dogon, Bambara, Senufo, Guere (Ngere)-Wobe, Baule, Kuyu, Yoruba, Baga, Bapende, Bwa, Bobo-Fing, Ibo, and many other tribes. Lengthy text on psychology of the masks, roles of the dancer, naturalism vs. abstraction, carving styles, position of the carver in tribal society, and much additional background material. Tribal location map at the front. A Dover original first edition. Fine, in illustrated wraps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5984
- Title
- Masks Of Black Africa
- Author
- Segy, Ladislas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- NY,
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Masks, Africa, Ethnology, Art, Ethnography, Religion, Anthropology, Folk Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology and Anthropology;
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