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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Date of Publication
2006
Type
Monograph
ISBN
8874392931
City of Publication
Milan
Special Attributes
1st Edition
Region
Africa
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country of Publication
Italy
Country/Region of Manufacture
Italy
Subjects
Art & Culture
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
5 Continents
ISBN-10
8874392931
ISBN-13
9788874392933
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50946903

Product Key Features

Book Title
Chokwe
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science
Author
Boris Wastiau, Emily Ligniti
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-501858
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
730.8996399
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
This introduction to the visual art of one of the most renowned peoples of Angola and the Democratic, This introduction to the sculpture of one of the best-known peoples in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo focuses exclusively on sculpture in the round. After situating the Chokwe in a temporal and spatial context, successive chapters look at figurines used in the divination ritual, statues related to the hamba possession cults, ancient traditional statuary (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) known as the "homeland style", court objects reserved for the warrior aristocracy and the wooden masks associated with the chieftaincies and the initiation rites surrounding circumcision. Particular attention is paid to the precious figures of Chibinda Ilunga, the civilising hero of the origin myths, almost all of which came to Europe in the nineteenth century, as well as to stools, whose symbolism and function give insights into the Chokwe's religious beliefs and the hierarchical structure of the chieftaincies. Some fifteen field photographs, many previously unpublished prints from the archives of the ethnographic section of the Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale (Tervuren), illustrate the text. Book jacket., This introduction to the visual art of one of the most renowned peoples of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo deals exclusively with sculpture. After providing a brief history of the Chokwe, the different chapters examine the figurines used in the ritual of divination, the statuary connected with the humba possession cults, antique (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) classical statuary referred to as of the native land, court items, privileges of the warrior aristocracy, and wooden masks linked to the chieftianship and the initiation rites of circumcision. Particular attention is devoted to the precious effigies of Chibinda Ilunga, the civilising hero of the myths of the origins, almost all the exemplars of which were brought to Europe in the nineteenth century, as well as to chairs, whose symbolism and function are revelatory both of the religion and the hierarchical structure of the chieftianship.
LC Classification Number
NB1099.A5

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