KINGS OF AFRICA. Art and Authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin

Beumers, E., H-j. Koloss (eds.)

Published by Maastricht, 1992

About this Item

327 pages (10 papers), 210 pages of color photographs of 190 objects plus an additional 4 pages of color and 3 pages of b/w photographs, 6 maps. Cloth cover, small folio size (9 1/2"x12"). Central Africa, principally occupied by peoples speaking Bantu related languages, for centuries shared common traditions. Comprising areas later known as Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola, Zambia, and Malawi, "Central Africa" contained scores of kingdoms rich in common Bantu tradition. Berlin's Museum fur Volkerkunde, a repository of one of the world's most comprehensive collections of the art of this vast region, exhibited in Maastricht in 1992 many of its masterpieces from Central Africa. In this catalogue of that exhibition there are more than 200 pages of rich color photographs, 10 papers, and lengthy descriptions and collection data for each illustrated object.

Seller Inventory # 1623

Bibliographic Details

• Title: KINGS OF AFRICA. Art and Authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin
• Publisher: Maastricht
• Publication Date: 1992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • African Art