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Baule Monkeys
Claessens Bruno
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Description for Baule Monkeys
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 113 color + 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; AFKB; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 316 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1396.
The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture-rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors shed light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated. Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication also includes many unpublished field photographs. ... Read more
The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture-rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors shed light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated. Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication also includes many unpublished field photographs. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1395g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300222449
SKU
V9780300222449
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99-50
About Claessens Bruno
Bruno Claessens and Jean-Louis Danis curate the Africarium, a collection containing a diverse group of Baule monkeys.
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