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Fagg (text), Pemberton (catalogue) & Holcombe (editor). YORUBA. Sculpture of West Africa. BNo.

0-394-71039-8. First Edition, 1982 (pb). Pp: xiv, 210; 305mm x 230mm; 1.00kg. 35 col, 35 b/w, 57 b/w

& fig, 1 map. Yoruba chronology, foreword, preface, bibliography, photographic credits. A good

paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear at corners). Borzoi Book, Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York, 1982.

(The book is illustrated with Yoruba works of art from museums and private collections from around the

world which provides a comprehensive view of Yoruba art) (Keywords: Ethnology, cultural history, West

Africa, Nok, Ife, Owo, Benin, Oyo, Gelede, Ekiti, Odo Shango, Eshu).

Book Code:

L829

$50

Gerbrands, Adrian A. ART AS AN ELEMENT OF CULTURE especially in Negro-Africa. Rijksmuseum

voor Volkenkunde, Leiden. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1957 (pb). Pp: ix, 158; 245mm x 170mm; 0.36kg.

37 b/w, 10 fig, 1 map. Introduction, bibliography, index, list. A good paperback copy (minor wear on

wrap). Wrp: g. E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1957. (The author examines the relationship between primitive and

culture, and discusses some main aspects of the history of the study of non-European art.) (Keywords:

Ethnology, Africa, artists, Baule, Gouro, Dan, Gere, Wobe, Bayaka, Dogon, Yoruba, Bini.).

Book Code:

M902

$145

Mack, John. EMIL TORDAY AND THE ART OF THE CONGO. 1900-1909. BNo. 0-295-97074-X. First

Edition, (nd c.1990) (pb). Pp: 96; 245mm x 190mm; 0.35kg 8 col, 57 b/w, 2 maps. Preface,

bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. University of Washington Press, Seattle,

c.1990. (Emil Torday, the Hungarian adventurer-turned-anthropologist, made a collection of over 3000

artefacts for the British Museum during the opening decade of the twentieth century) (Keywords:

Ethnology, Central Africa, Yaka, Pende, Kuba, Ngongo, Wongo, Mbala).

Book Code:

H226

$22

Segy, Ladislas. AFRICAN SCULPTURE SPEAKS. Sculptured works of more than 150 West and

Central African tribes. BNo. 0-306-80018-7. Fourth Edition, 1989 (1975) (pb). Pp: 14, 346; 280mm x

195mm; 0.98kg. 493 b/w, 4 maps. Note on fourth and third editions, author's note, bibliography, list,

index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Da Capo Press, New York, 1989. (This book approaches

African art from a multiple viewpoint - ethnological, psychological, and aesthetic. A systematic style

guide analyses the characteristic features of the different styles of tribal sculpture) (Keywords:

Ethnology, Bambara, Bissagos, Kissi, Mendi, Bassa, Guro, Lobi, Bron, Ewe, Ife, Igala, Bafum,

Bakwele, Babunda, Mangbetu, Minungo.).

Book Code:

E217

$40

Segy, Ladislas. AFRICAN SCULPTURE. With photographs by the author. BNo. 58-5485. First Edition,

1958 (pb). Pp: (vi), 34, 164; 230mm x 155mm; 0.40kg. 164 b/w, 1 map. Introduction, acknowledgment.

A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Dover Publications Inc, New York, 1958. (From a group of

photographs which show artefacts from over fifty tribes in West and Central Africa, the author presents

a straight forward analysis of African sculpture with frequent reference to material from anthropology

and history of religions) (Keywords: Ethnology, Bambara, Dogon, Toma, Dan, Ibo, Mmo, Bafo, Bakuba,

Bapende.).

Book Code:

A101

$18

Segy, Ladislas. MASKS OF BLACK AFRICA. Psychology, roles, and carving styles. BNo.

0-486-23181-X. Reprint Edition, (1976) (pb). Pp: (vi), 248; 280mm x 210mm; 0.73kg. 264 b/w, 1 map.

Introduction, bibliography, credits. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Dover Publications Inc, New York,

1976. (From a group of photographs which show artefacts from over fifty tribes in West and Central

Africa, the author presents a straight forward analysis of African sculpture with frequent reference to

material from anthropology and history of religions) (Keywords: Ethnology, West, Central Africa, Bijogo,

Baga, Marka, Kra, Senufo, Mossi, Ibo, Idoma, Ekoi, Fang, Bakwele, Batshioko.).

Book Code:

M385

$40

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