Buy this book on-line Wassing, R.S : African Art: Its Background and TraditionsPortland House, 1988 ISBN 051766271X
XL. Large book: 11 1/2"h x 10"w in excellent condition, as new in heavy black cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 285 pages with a great many b&w and color large, often full page, photos throughout, including sculpture, masks, furniture, pottery, helmets, cookery, plaques, jewelry, doors, etc. from Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, etc. Contents include: The African and his environment: Bushmen, Negritos or Pygmies, Negroes, Bantu, Hamitic peoples, Nilo-Hamites and nilotes; Material aspect of art, Social life : Birth and youth, Maturity, Death, Age groups, Secret societies, legal power, rank and state procedures, Economics, Relion and the supernatural, Play, etc. copyright 2011 Pistil Books. Illustr.: Hinz, Hans. Art. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Oversize Hardback. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Wassing, R.S : African Art: Its Background and Traditions. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. WASSING, R.S : African Art: Its Background and TraditionsGreenwich, 1994
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