Sculptured bodies, ready bodies, masked bodies

Subtitle: Masterpieces from Ivory Coast
Authors: N. AUBRY / TROUGH Mr. / ESCUDIER D.
Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais: 18 October to 15 December 1989.
Publisher: French Association for Artistic Action, Paris, 1989. Paperback, in-4, dimensions: 21 x 30 cm, ISBN 286545076.7.
Contents: 250 pp, 138 b / w photos, 119 col photos, 3 maps, biblio...
Additional information: Book exhausted
State of the work: Very good condition

SKU: Réf. 15/55-[18] Categories: ,

Description

This exhibition is under the patronage of the governments of the French Republic and the Republic of Ivory Coast. It is organized in the framework of Franco-Ivorian cooperation agreements with the Ministry of Cooperation. reference book that offers an excellent synthesis of the works and a comprehensive overview of the forms and the most varied techniques and the most ancient crafts and traditional arts of Ivory Coast, as religious, ceremonial and utilitarian and ritual daily. Contents: Introduction and insights. -1. Affiliations, identities (when the body of gods, spirits or ancestors reproduces that of living men …). -2. embodied powers (when the body mask and identity splits …). -3. Powers . Ethnic groups in other represented Ivory Coast Baoulé, Lobi, Malinké, Guro, Bete, Guere, Anyi, Abron, Wobé, Wei Dan, Yaouré, Senufo … With also a set of parts from the Parisian museums, French, Belgian, English, Swiss, museum of Abidjan, local chiefdoms, but also large collections (Goldet Riviere ….).

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Weight 1060 g
Dimensions 21 × 30 cm