ART AND RISK IN ANCIENT YORUBA. Ife History, Power and Identity, c. 1300.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 10.25 x 7.5". 574pp. Incl. notes, bibliography and index. Nicely illustrated, mostly b&w, but some color.
African Art and Decorative Arts
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ART OF THE LEGA.
Los Angeles. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. 2001. First edition. Soft cover. 12'' x 9 1/4''. 1231pp. Fine bright copy.
POTOMO WAKA.
Milanos Editions Lediberg, 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. #192 of 2500 copies. Quarto. 135pp. 116 items pictured in full color. Short text in French and English. Silk cloth binding with gilt title. In pictorial dust jacket. Potomo Wako are beautifully carved slingshots (catapults) made by the Baules people of the Ivory.....
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART SINCE 1980.
Bologna: Damiani, 2009. Softcover. Lg. quarto. 12.5 x 9.5. 368pp.; 470 color plates. Includes glossary, bibliography and index. Black pictorial wrappers have light scuff. Heavy book, overseas shipping not recommended.
SENUFO UNBOUND: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa.
Cleveland: The Cleveland art Museum / Five Continents. Hardcover. Quarto. 11 1/2 x 9 3/4". 287pp. Richly illustrated with 281 color and b&w photographs. Joining historical analysis with eye-catching sculptures, this book offers expanded views of a dynamic region's arts and identities, spanning the borders of present-day.....
AFRICAN PRINT FASHION NOW! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style.
Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum, 2017. Softcover. Quarto. 12 x 9". Illustrated. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. "The book tells the global stories of these textiles-the early history of the print cloth trade in West and Central Africa, the expansion of production following independence movements, and the.....
A TASTE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL.
Hampton, Virginia: Hampton University Museum, 1993. First edition. Softcover. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 116pp. Over 80 pieces illustrated in color and b&w; each item described.
SOCIAL FABRICS : INSCRIBED TEXTILES FROM MEDIEVAL EGYPTIAN TOMBS.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Art Museums. 2021. First edition. Soft cover. 10 1/4'' x 10 1/4''. 163pp.
ART OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA. The Fang Tribes.
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. Quarto. 11.5 x 10". Nicely done book 103 illustrations, including 31 full page color plates.
ART OF BEING TUAREG: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World.
Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006. Softcover. Exhibition Catalogue. Quarto. 12 x 9". 291pp. incl. index. Profusely illustrated in color. "Art of Being Tuareg, the first major U.S. exhibition on Tuareg art and culture, considered the history and evolution of these peoples by exploring.....
AFRICAN ART IN THE CYCLE OF LIFE.
Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, 1987. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 12 x 12 ". 155pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Each sculpture is illustrated with commentary to illuminate the cultural setting. Dust jacket price-clipped and lettering faded on spine.
MEDUSA: THE AFRICAN SCULPTURE OF ENCHANTMENT.
Milan: Five Continents, 2009. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 240pp. Illustrated from color photographs by Johnathan Watts. Still in original shrinkwrap.
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