Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCH-2014-9780764343360-X2 Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form by Mary Sue Rosen and Paul Peter Rosen ISBN:9780764343360 Book Title:Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form Author:Mary Sue Rosen and Paul Peter Rosen Binding:Hard Cover with dust jacket Copyright:2014 Pages:192 Size:8.5 x 11 in. In West and Central Africa,ceremonial masks are viewed as manifestations of the spirits, and the dramatic effect and visibility of masks is enhanced by use of vivid color. Accompanied by vivid color photographs of 266 masks, the largest representation of traditional polychrome masks from the Temne people of Sierra Leone and the Anang (Ibibio) people of Nigeria are documented here, as well as one of the largest published collections of articulated masks from the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Also illustrated is a wide range of traditional masks used by other peoples from West and Central Africa, including masks from the nations of Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola. Mask styles are discussed in relation to size, shape, materials, degree of abstraction, distinguishing characteristics, and context of usage. Other topics considered in this engaging presentation are the changing forms of masks in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the aesthetics of masks from the African perspective, and issues of "authenticity" as it relates to collecting African masks. 266 color photos (SO Schiffer Categorical generated 2024-11-02) 810663455952167c3eca0ba9a0fa545d
Price: 45 USD
Location: Atglen, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-09T22:30:32.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.99 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publication Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Book
Type of Item: Book
