Feau E (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. 92 pages. Numerous colour and black & white photos.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R300056604: 1984. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 88 pages illustrées de figures dans et hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 908.446-Régionalisme : Poitou-Charentes.

(exhibition catalogue, Musee National des Arts d'Afrique, Paris, 1998). 303 pages, 309 color and b/w photographs, 2 maps. A wonderful exhibition of Bateke art (from both the Congo and Gabon) drawn from major museum collections in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden--acquired by missionaries at the turn of the century--was held in 1998. In this catalogue of the exhibition are nine essays (in French) on Bateke arts and rituals and hundreds of excellent photogrpahs of objects.…

223 pages, 25 color and 112 b/w photographs, 2 drawings. Mint condition. The legacy of medical missionary (also ethnologist and art historian) Dr. Pierre Harter, was exhibited in 1993 at the Musee National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie in Paris. Fifty-three objects from the grasslands, i.e., west Cameroon, in the Musee's collection--selected for aesthetic quality and stylistic diversity--were exhibited. Contained in this catalogue of the exhibition are several essays (in French) that deal with Bamileke and Bamoum styles and the importance of secret societies in the cultures, and a discussion of manufacture, function, and symbolism of the exhibited figures and masks, and--if known--the name and location of the carver. The photographs are many and are very good; full descriptions and data are provided for each illustrated object.…