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Bangwa sculpture is an especially fine example of the art of the Cameroon grassfields. This book deals with the masks and figures owned by the secret societes which perform at the elaborate funerary ceremonies of a member, and contains a first-hand description of a chief's funeral, or Cry.
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- PublisherDuckworth
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0715605178
- ISBN 13 9780715605172
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages148
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Bangwa Funerary Sculpture (Art and Society Series)
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Gerald Duckworth & Co, London, 1971
ISBN 10: 0715605178
ISBN 13: 9780715605172
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Hardcover
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hard cover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. General shelf and handling wear, more notable to DJ, including tanning, and creasing, wear and small open and closed tears to cover, edges, corners and folds. Pageblock is tanned and foxed, tanning leading into page edges. Within, binding is secure, and content unmarked. Coloured photographs and images remain vibrant. CN. Used. Seller Inventory # 547648
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Bangwa Funerary Sculpture (Art & Society Series)
Published by
Gerald Duckworth, London, England, 1971
ISBN 10: 0715605178
ISBN 13: 9780715605172
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: L. Lam Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 148 pp. with index, 67 B/W plates, 47 B/W figures, And 21 full- colour plates. Usual ex-library markings. Navy cloth cover is edge worn especially at spine ends and corners. "This book is concerned with those objects of Bangwa art which make their appearance during the elaborate ceremonies following the death of an adult male or female. These ceremonies known in pidgin English as a cry diora cry, provide opportunities for the innumerable dance societies and cult associations to which Bangwa men and women belong. After a summary account of Bangwa culture, the bulk of the book is devoted to description of a cry performed at the death of a paramount Bangwa chief. A final chapter gives a description, in more detail, of some of the more important groups of sculpture associated with typically Bangwa cult associations. For convenience the commonly used pidgin term for dance society what culture association dash juju, will be used. The Bangwa all also apply this word to art objects, which have any ritual significance. The Bangwa term, although more exact, would have less immediate meaning to an English reader." - Introduction. Seller Inventory # 003388
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Bangwa Funerary Sculpture (Art & Society Series)
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London : Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1971
ISBN 10: 0715605178
ISBN 13: 9780715605172
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. VG cloth in a worn DJ. xii, 148 pages, 12 plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm. Seller Inventory # mgs662
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