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Detail of dust wrapper - AFRICAN FORMS (gr-ginzberg1p 170/234 GINZ1)

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Ginzberg, Marc. AFRICAN FORMS .

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Detail of wrapper - AFRICAN ART (abbate01p 150/212 ABBA01)
Abbate, Francesco (ed). AFRICAN ART AND OCEANIC ART. An overview of tribal art from six African and Oceanic stylistic groups. BNo. 7064-0064-X. First Edition, 1972. Pp: 158; 190mm x 130mm; 0.48kg. 92 col. Bibliography, index of illustrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Octopus Books Ltd, London, 1972. (This book illustrates masks, figurines, everyday utensils, jewellery, domestic carvings and objects of magical and mystical significances of both Africa and Oceania) (Keywords: Tellem, Dogon, Bambara, Ijo, Bakongo, Bamileke, D'Entrecasteaux, Solomon Islands).
Book Code: K550 AU$20
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Amin, Mohamed & Duncan Willetts (photo). KENYA - THE MAGIC LAND. Text by Brian Tetley. BNo. 0-370-31225-2. First Edition, 1988. Pp: 192; 315mm x 240mm; 1.57kg. Num col, 1 map. Introduction. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1988. (Colour photography of wildlife parks, mountain ranges, plains and deserts) (Keywords: Tsavo, Amboseli, Rift Valley, Nairobi, Aberdares, Turkana).
Book Code: C562 AU$25
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Detail of cover - LES MAASAI - Guerriers de la savane (arthus-bertrand20p 170/225 ARTH20)
Arthus-Bertrand, Yann (photographs) & Jacqueline Rouneguere-Ebarhardt (text). LES MAASAI. Guerriers De La Savane. BNo.9782-270130-579-9. First Edition, 1984. Pp: 43, (76); 280mm x 220mm; 0.74kg. 12+13+11+12+12 col, 60 fig, 1 map. Introduction, description, catalogue, captions, photographs. A good hardback copy in illustrated cover. Cvr: g; (minor bumps on three corners). Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1984. (All text by Jacqueline Roumeguere-Eberhardt is in the French language and briefly describes the warriors, village ceremonies, the food of the Maasai, the hunting of the lion, the society of the warrior, rites of passage, the relationship between warriors and young women, women and men and parents and children. The photographs of Yann Arthus-Bertrand are grouped into four sections: La vie quotidienne; Fillettes et femmes; Guerriers; La ceremonie de l'Eunoto and La grande case rituelle) (Keywords: Photographs, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Maasai, culture, ceremonies, daily life, rituals, hunting, habitats).
Book Code: X022 AU$130
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Atmore, Stacey & Foreman. BLACK KINGSDOM, BLACK PEOPLES. The West African Heritage. BNo. 399-12254-0. First Edition, 1979. Pp: 128; 310mm x 230mm; 1.09kg. 124 col, 1 map. Introduction, acknowledgments, bibliography, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor tear and wear on dw). G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1979. (The culture, history, art, religion and customs of the ancient societies of West Africa are discussed and many works of art and artifacts, together with the people are illustrated) (Keywords: Cultural history, ethnology, West Africa, beliefs,architecture, Ibo, Mali).
Book Code: D360 AU$40
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Detail of dust wrap - AFRICAN ARTS (bascom1ap 170/185 BASC1)
Bascom, William (text). AFRICAN ARTS. An Exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of Calefornia, Berkeley - April-Oct 1967. BNo.67-63353. First Edition, 1967 (pb). Pp: (vi), 90; 235mm x 215mm; 0.29kg. 190 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, orthographic note, register, references cited. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. University of California, Berkeley, 1967. (An introduction by William Bascom is followed by a description, covering tribe, location and usage, and illustration of 190 objects from West and West Central Africa) (Keywords: Ethnology, Africa, West, Central, Landuma, Bobo, Kurumba, Lobi, Baule, Ashanti, and many others).
Book Code: R569 AU$35
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Detail of dust wrapper - IN STANLEY'S FOOTSTEPS - Across Africa from west to east (batchelor01p 175/231 BATC01)
Batchelor, John & Julie. IN STANLEY'S FOOTSTEPS. Across Africa from West to East. BNo. 0-7137-2116-2. First Edition, 1990. Pp: 176; 275mm x 220mm; 1.04kg. num col, b/w & fig. Epilogue, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Blandford (Cassell), London, 1990. (This book is an illustrated account both of Stanley's trek through Africa and of the author's trip across the continent of recent times) (Keywords: Exploration, Africa, Congo, Tanzania).
Book Code: D246 AU$20
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Ben-Amos, Paula. THE ART OF BENIN. A sophisticated art of West Africa. BNo. 0-500-06009-6. First Edition, 1980 (pb). Pp: 96; 250mm x 190mm; 0.33kg. 48 col, 49 b/w, 2 fig, 2 maps. Bibliography, notes, acknowledgments, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1980. (Drawing on oral traditions, recent archaeological discoveries and accounts of European travellers which date back to the sixteenth century, the author describes how the ancient art of Benin emerged) (Keywords: Ethnology, cultural history, West Africa, Benin, Olokun, Ofoe, Ogun).
Book Code: C566 AU$15
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Detail of dust wrapper - AFRICAN MASKS (bleakley1p 150/200)
Bleakley, Robert. AFRICAN MASKS. Flexible classicism and individual artistic expression. BNo. 0-8317-1075-7. Reprinted Edition, 1983 (1978) Pp: (88); 275mm x 200mm; 0.68kg. 40 col, 1 map. Introduction. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. Gallery Books, New York, 1983. (This book illustrates 40 masks from across Africa. The historical background, the development of African art, the relationship between form and meaning and the uses to which the masks were put are discussed in an authoritative essay by the author) (Keywords: Ethnology, Dan, Ibo, Benin, Baule, Guro, Yoruba, Bachokwe, Bakoba).
Book Code: G042 AU$58
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Chesi, Gert. THE LAST OF THE AFRICANS. Exchanging old traditions. BNo. 3-85399-002-9. Third Edition, 1981. Pp: 240; 310mm x 230mm; 1.67kg. num col & b/w, 9 maps. Preface. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Perlinger-Verlag Ges MbH, Worgl, Austria, 1981. (The author has tried to portray those African civilisations which are on the verge of exchanging their old traditions for new values and a new way of life) (Keywords: Cultural history, Africa, Kirdi, Ashanti, Bororo, Dogon, Peul, Lobi, Somba, Ewe, Karamojong).
Book Code: H085 AU$56
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Conrad, David C. & Barbara E. Frank (editors). STATUS AND IDENTITY IN WEST AFRICA. Nyamakalaw of Mande. BNo. 0-253-20929-3. First Edition, 1995 (pb). Pp: xiii, 204; 230mm x 155mm; 0.37kg. 2 maps. Acknowledgments, note, introduction, references, contributors, index. A good paperback copy. Wrg: g. (minor wear on corners). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1995. (The nyamakalaw, a major professional class of artists and other occupationally defined specialists among the Mande-speaking peoples of West Africa, play a powerful role in Mande society. This book critiques Western perception of this class (blacksmiths, potters, leatherworkers, and bards) that led to the colonial construction of the Mande caste system with the contributors exploring the dynamic status and identity of the nyamakalaw) (Keywords: Anthropology, West Africa, Mande).
Book Code: P018 AU$25
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Detail of wrap - MAN AT REST - L'HOMME AU REPOS by E.A. Dagan (dagan06p 220/171 DAGA06)
Dagan, Esther A. MAN AT REST - L'HOMME AU REPOS. Stools, chairs, thrones, foot-rests, back-rests, benches - Sieges et Meubles de Repos. BNo. 0-920473-02-4. Second Edition, 1988 (1985) (pb). Pp: 64; 220mm x 280mm; 0.28kg. 93 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Galerie Amrad African Arts, Montreal, 1985. (Text is in the English and French languages. This catalogue was prepared for the exhibition of the same name held at the Gallery of African Art in Montreal. The exhibition included over 100 items representing more than 20 ethnic groups and cultures) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Africa, furniture).
Book Code: M764 AU$28
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Detail of wrap - SPIRITS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES by E.A. Dagan (dagan02p 150/231 DAGA02)
Dagan, Esther A. SPIRITS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. Twenty-six Terracotta Single Heads from Komaland, Ghana. BNo. 0-9693081-3-2. First Edition, 1969 (pb). Pp: (iii), 60; 275mm x 180mm; 0.23kg. 46 b/w, 10 fig, 2 tab, 2 maps. Introduction, conclusion, references. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Galerie Amrad African Arts, Montreal, 1989. (Text is in English and French. For the past twenty years, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic terracotta have been unearthed by the present villagers of the Komaland in Ghana while cultivating their farms. This publication is an attemt to share a personal impression of the author which is based on long-term observations of African art in general) (Keywords: Ethnology, West Africa, Ghana, Komaland, terracotta figures).
Book Code: P020 SOLD - now out of stock AU$28
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Davidson, Basil. OLD AFRICA REDISCOVERED. The Story of Africa's Forgotten Past. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1959. Pp: 287; 220mm x 140mm; 0.48kg. 36 b/w, 5 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, references, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Crv: g; dw: g. (chipped & worn dw). Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1959. (This book is an account of the discovery and rediscovery of a continent - of the history of Africa south of the Sahara in the fifteen or twenty centuries before the colonial period began) (Keywords: History, archaeology, Africa, Nok, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Zimbabwe).
Book Code: C513 AU$18
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