Author: Cole, Herbert M.
Title: Mbari: Art & Life among the Owerri Igbo
Description: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, (1982). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xx,261,(8)pp, Includes 8pp color photoplates; 42pp black & white photo illustrations + 27pp maps,plans & drawings.. 8pp color photoplates. Minor wear. Some light binding stains. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Setting; The Gods & the People; The People & Processes of Mbari; Form; Inspiration, Individuality & Aesthetics; Meaning;Conclusions; Appendices: Tree Altars; Ndimgbe Names; Master List of Mbari Subjects in Sculpture; Mbari House at Abaku, Oratta clan, Owerri.

Keywords: African Ethnology, Igbo Ethnography, Owerri, Eastern Nigeria, African Religion, Mbari Houses, Traditional Art, Mud Sculpture, Ethnology, Anthropology