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Art in Africa often consists of groups of objects used for a ritual or tribal purpose. Sculptures for shrines, tomb posts, ensembles of masks and divination equipment all make more senseartistically and sociallywhen seen in their original contexts. A 1985 exhibition at New York's Center for African Art brought together a diverse array of objects shown in their authentic group combinations. This catalogue enlightens readers on a little-known aspect of African art. Among the Luba peope of Zaire, bowstands holding dead rulers' bows and arrows regularly receive sacrifices and prayer. The Yoruba of Nigeria predict personal fortunes by reading marks made on the chalky surfaces of divination trays. Pieces shown here range from feathered costumes for Guinean adolescents' initiation rites to huge, muscular Nigerian shrine figures. The artworks of African peoples reflect their belief that social hierarchies and family structures mirror the cosmic order.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
African art is typically displayed in museums and galleries like Western art, as isolated individual objects. This catalog, for an exhibition at the Center for African Art in New York, demonstrates that much of African art was, however, intended to be experienced as part of a group or sequence of objectsin performances, on shrines, and so forth. The book consists of three parts: an introduction providing the conceptual and definitional basis for the show, an essay describing some relevant examples in Africa, and a catalog that, ironically, focuses on individual objects. Recommended primarily for academic art libraries. Eugene C. Burt, Cornish Inst. Lib., Seattle
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