First edition monograph on traditional African art by African-born historian and journalist Laure Meyer. Thematically organized, this expansive survey contains historical and ethnographic information on bronze, ivory, gold, and terracotta objects including ancestral statues, reliquaries, weapons, jewelry, and more produced by a diversity of ethnic groups from across the continent. Profusely illustrated in color with more than 170 plates; with index and bibliography.
Masks, pottery, bronze, ivory, gold, statues of ancestors, reliquaries, and jewelry all express the influence of myths on the daily life and inventive genius of more than 60 ethnic groups. This book covers each subject in turn, is magnificently illustrated in color, and examines the entire range of black African art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view.
