SEVEN AFRICAN TRIBAL BOOKS

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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! About Us | Contact Us | Bookmark Our Store The Largest Distributor of Post Auction Catalogs in the World We carry over 200,000 catalogs in stock THE CATALOG KID est 1987 Selling on Ebay Since 1997 YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BOOKS NOT AN AUCTION CATALOGS 1. Insight and Artistry in African Divination by John Pemberton III Smithsonian, Washington 2000 4to, 209pp, colour & b/w illus., maps. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket. 2. Out of Africa: Sub-Saharan traditional Artsby Roy SieberMore than 100 color photographs present the masks, ceremonial knives, cloths, dolls, fetish figures, shields, metal currency, shrine objects, adornments, stools and musical instruments of traditional sub-Saharan African art. Essays and captions assess how these ephemeral objects are seen by their users. Bibliography. 112 color illustrations; 1 map. 140p.ART-African. 3. FACE OF THE SPIRITS. MASKS FROM THE ZAIRE BASIN byHerreman, Frank and Constantijn Petridis; Etnografisch Museum (Antwerp, Belgium)Antwerp / Washington, DC: Ethnographic Museum / National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian, 1993.Copiously illustrated with color plates and b/w photographs. 261 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Charcoal cloth. A lovely copy. Near fine/Very good 4. The Tribal Arts of Africa by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart Thames and Hudson, London [published date: 1998] Hardcover Dj a little nicked and bumped at extremities. Very nice copy. This work displays and defines the fruits of thousands of years of black African creative endeavour. All the objects included were made by Africans for their own use, spanning a period from the beginning of the first millennium to the early 20th century, before the commercial production of art aimed at the tourist trade. Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, has divided Africa south of the Sahara into 49 cultural areas. Each section studies the most important tribe within the area, surveying its social and political structures as well as its artistic production. The art is analyzed according to type - in most instances masks, statues, and everyday objects, such as utensils, furniture and jewelry. W appropriate, further information on artistically related tribes is then provided. Each section contains its own bibliography. A detailed reference section with information on key collectors, collections open to the public and a glossary completes this publication. 5. The Birth Of Art In Nigeria: Nok Statuary In Nigeria. by BERNARD DE GRUNNE Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Presents 65 illustrations of terra-cotta sculptures from the Nok, Sokoto and Kasina cultures of Nigeria. These objects, dating from 600 BC to 300 AD, are the oldest traces of the remarkable sculptural tradition from sub-Saharan Africa. Published to accompany the exhibition The Birt of Art in Africa - Nok Statuary in Nigeria organized by the Banque Generale du Luxembourg. 6. Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings (Paperback) by Roslyn A. Walker Paperback: 150 pages Publisher: Natl Museum of African Art (October 1998) Language: English 7. Likeness and Beyond - Portraits from Africa and the World by Borgatti, Jean & Richard Brilliant 163 pages. 53 colour and 127 black & white photographs. Catalogue of an exhibition by Allen Wardwell at the Center for African Visit our Store for More Related Auction Catalogs IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE ITEM BEING OFFERED PLEASE CALL overseas UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY $20.00 *We will combine sales to save on shipping.* We use U.S. Post Office OVERSEAS SHIPPING: EMAIL FOR QUOTE The United States Postal Service only offers Airmail. PAYMENTS: Paypal Preferred - Payments made to Email us if... read more

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