KINGS OF AFRICA
Subtitle: Art and Authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum Für Völkerkunde Berlin.
Authors: E. Beumers / KOLOSS HJ / VANSINA J. / DP BIEBUYCK
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. MECC, Maastricht: 26.06 – 27.08.1992
Publisher: Foundation kings of africa, Utrecht, 1992. Hardcover with toilée editor binding with cloth decorated with African motifs, dust jacket in good condition illustrated in color, in-4, dimensions: 25.5 x 31 cm ISBN 90-9005170 -8
Content: 328 p, 3 ill.. b / w, 194 ill. col., 7 cards, descriptive reproduced illustrations
Additional information: original edition, limited release. book sold
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
This beautifully illustrated book of over 190 color reproductions, some in full-page brings together carvings, masks, statues, statuettes, musical instruments, weapons and insignia of authority and prestige in the ancient kingdoms of Central Africa and whose life, punctuated over the kingdoms depended on a series of rituals based on specific events, such as birth, circumcision, initiation, marriage, investiture, crowning, war, alliance, sickness, death, burial, etc … All these rituals were closely linked to the worship of spirits and especially to ancestor worship, especially the principle of lineages where each had its founding ancestor altar and sculptures representing the or materialize a highlight his reign.
Additional information
| Weight | 2010 g |
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| Dimensions | 25.5 × 31 cm |
