Author: Segy, Ladislas
Title: African Sculpture Speaks
Description: New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc. (1952). (1952). New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc. (1952). (1952). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide], reddish brown cloth titled in gilt. The spine is faded with the titling rubbed. The covers are lightly rubbed with small areas of staining near the head of the spine. 254 pages. Profuse full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is light foxing to the fore-edge & top & bottom edges, to the prelims & to the rear endpaper & the last text page. Good. Good .

Keywords: ART; AFRICAN ART; SCULPTURE; AFRICAN SCULPTURE SPEAKS; LADISLAS SEGY; ANIMISM; MAGIC; FETISHISM; MYTHOLOGY; CULT OF DEAD; ANCESTOR WORSHIP; TOTEMISM; COLLECTORS; COLLECTING; ILLUSTRATIONS.


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