Author: Newton, Douglas ; Hermione Waterfield
Title: Tribal Sculpture : Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Description: London, England, Thames & Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Color illustrated dustjacket, red cloth-bound boards with silver embossed illustration on cover. (9) 10-346 pp.Contains 295 full color illustrations. The Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva houses the most spectacular collection of tribal sculpture in the world. It comes from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific and includes almost every known genre: shields, masks, headpieces, drums, bronzes, ancestor images, and religious idols. They were used in the rituals of worship, in initiation rites or merely in festivity.Together they provide an insight available in no other way into the cultures of these areas before contamination by the West. VG, dj shows some signs of wear, end-page creased, all materials and pages within in excellent condition .

Keywords: World Art ; Sculpture ; ; Collections - African Art


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