Tribal Art

African images of motherhood dominate wherever the visual arts are valued, from early rock art sites to recent forms, from ancient Egypt to Ethiopian Christianity. Available in a variety of materials - sculptures in wood, terracotta or metal, but also in ivory, stone, gold leaf or painted - everyone, from the little people to the king, uses images of mothers and children.

Author: Herbert M. Cole
Color photographs
Status: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 373
Dimensions: 300 x 250 mm
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ISBN : 978-0300229158

Within the teeming Yoruba pantheon, Shango is one of the most powerful deities: he embodies a fearsome force of nature that strikes with lightning and meteorites.
At once man, king and force of nature, he is a particularly complex support of Yoruba thought in Benin and Nigeria, between energy and balance.
As part of his cult, the faithful surround themselves with objects of remarkable symbolism. The oshe, a stick decorated with a double axe, is the most varied of all: held in the hand during the dance of possession, it extends the arm and gestures of the person holding it and enhances them with its refined aesthetics, sometimes very descriptive, or on the contrary very abstract. It contributes to assert by its beauty and diversity the magnificence of the altar where food ...

The first monograph devoted to the artistic and symbolic production of the Babembe people, established on the shores of Lake Tanganika, this richly illustrated book presents the anthropomorphic wooden sculptures that this people devoted to the cult of ancestors. The majority of them are reproduced here for the first time; their decoration bears witness to the tattoos, scarification and skin ornaments that the Babembe used to embellish their bodies during initiation rituals.

Authors: Raoul Lehuard and Alain Lecomte
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: French and English
Number of pages: 211
Dimensions: 290 x 250 mm
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ISBN : 978-8874395446

This catalog format was produced to accompany a traveling exhibition of Walter Bareiss' collection of African art.
The collection, although only recently established, is intriguing because of its high quality and because it focuses on East and South Africa, regions that are often neglected.
Roy's introduction is incisively critical of the overemphasis placed by scholars and collectors on West African art. His essay describing the main categories of objects represented in the collection is not innovative in its approach but will be useful to the general reader.
The greatest strength of this book lies both in George Meister's exquisite photography, which highlights the visual power of the collected objects, and in Roy's catalog entries, which have been thoroughly ...

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This comprehensive study of how African and Oceanic arts were introduced to Europe and the United States in the late twentieth century uses the highly regarded Genevieve McMillan Collection as a prism to examine collecting strategies at the intersection of the political conditions of colonialism and independence, and the ongoing study of African and Oceanic arts.
The objects that comprise it include sculptures, textiles and musical instruments, some of which were collected in the field, others passed through international art trade centers such as Paris and Brussels, and still others arrived with African "runners" who helped locate items for sale.
As the market expanded, more and more types of objects joined the canon of what constituted art, ...

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Focusing on a unique and extensive collection of figurative sculpture from sub-Saharan Africa, this book examines not only each distinctive piece, but also the ways in which these works of art express value systems and cultural relationships within and outside Africa.
The Richard H. Scheller Collection, presented in this book and exhibited at the de Young in San Francisco, offers a diverse portrait of sub-Saharan African sculpture. More than 100 distinct ethnic groups from over 20 countries today are represented in this book by works of art spanning several centuries and encompassing a wide range of styles, from realism to abstraction. In their original context, these objects represent ancestors, express community values, and serve religious and ...

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Kastom: Arts of Vanuatu showcases an impressive array of traditional arts through a field collection program that took place on the islands of Ambrym and Malakula.
At the heart of many traditional practices, better known as "kastom", are masked performances and exhibitions of sculptures, including emblematic vertical split drums.
A selection of these intensely visual works, created for ritual events, made of wood, overmodeled with clay, feathers, pig's tusks, stone and other surprising media such as tree fern, is presented.
These arts are remarkably unchanged from those of more than a century ago; kastom is an inseparable part of Ni-Vanuatu culture.

National Gallery of Australia
Color photographs
Condition: ...

Ralph T. Coe has been collecting Native American art for half a century, forming a renowned collection that represents all regions and periods of Native American art. This catalog presents two hundred works from Coe's remarkable collection. It includes exquisite examples of prehistoric stone objects, button blankets, crest objects, masks, canoe and tipi designs, dolls and figurines, woven basketry, tobacco paraphernalia, and a selection of contemporary works, all of which bring to life the living cultures of American Indians through the centuries.
In the accompanying text, Coe describes his many trips to the United States and Canada in search of items for his collection. The catalog also includes an essay by Eugene V. Thaw on Coe's contribution to awareness of the artistic legacy ...

Living between the Lubudi and Kasai Rivers in south central Democratic Republic of Congo, the Luluwa are known for their intricate figurative carvings, masks and decorative arts.
Constantin Petridis, director of the Department of African and American Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, draws on first-hand reports written by explorers, missionaries, colonial officials, anthropologists and art historians between 1880 and 1970 to situate Luluwa art in the environment where it was originally produced and used.
Through the analysis of published and unpublished sources, as well as collectibles and archival photographs, this monograph sheds new light on the historical context of one of Central Africa's most spectacular artistic heritages.

Text: Constantin ...

Living between the Lubudi and Kasai Rivers in south central Democratic Republic of Congo, the Luluwa are known for their intricate figurative carvings, masks and decorative arts.
Constantin Petridis, director of the Department of African and American Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, draws on first-hand reports written by explorers, missionaries, colonial officials, anthropologists and art historians between 1880 and 1970 to situate Luluwa art in the environment where it was originally produced and used.
Through the analysis of published and unpublished sources, as well as collectibles and archival photographs, this monograph sheds new light on the historical context of one of Central Africa's most spectacular artistic heritages.

Text: Constantin ...

cOne of the most comprehensive overviews of weapons in Central Africa.
Catalog of the Central African weapons collection of the Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt/Germany.
It presents in images on 390 pages about 350 swords and knives, axes, spears, shields, etc..

Black and white photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: English - German
Number of pages: 388
Dimensions: 210 x 210 mm
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ISBN : 978-3882703542

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If the foundations of the Josette and Jean-Claude Weill collection are based on painting, their passion for the search for new forms quickly led them to embrace the infinite diversity of tribal art. Expanded over the decades, under the enthusiastic direction of their son Jean-Pierre, the collection now includes more than 120 works of the highest level, covering Africa, Oceania and the Americas.
This book will be an opportunity to unveil the Parisian collection wrapped in mystery, whose importance is equaled only by its confidentiality. In order to allow the reader to grasp the richness and diversity of its contents, the books are all accompanied by notes written by experts, including Viviane Baeke (Museum of Africa, Tervuren), Philippe Dagen ...

cInspired by the museum's three finest works of African sculpture, Crosscurrents explores the art of three neighboring peoples whose territories are located in the river systems of southeastern Congo.
The Luba, Songye and Hemba peoples have a long history of contact, while maintaining differences in language, social and political systems, cultural memory and artistic expression.
The ancestral figures of the socially engaged art of the Hemba people share the same elegance of form but are mainly male figures. Songye art is marked by a more geometric style and an emphasis on spiritual power. The museum's prestigious male and female stools were first attributed to the hand of a Luba artist and are now identified as two of fifteen such works known to have been produced by a ...

This book, which is published on the occasion of the museum's opening, reveals a collection of 77 important works from the Royal Museum for Central Africa. A series of scholars, curators, and experts in African art offer an examination and analysis of each of these pieces. Many of the works collected here are in the gallery assigned to the temporary exhibition "Unrivalled Art". Others can be found in the rooms devoted to the permanent exhibition. Finally, some of the works allow us to take a look behind the scenes of the RMCA, in the muffled atmosphere of the repositories, of which the general public knows nothing. Researcher and curator Julien Volper has selected pieces that come not only from the Congo, but also from other countries, such as Angola or Gabon. They are sometimes physical ...

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This book, which is published on the occasion of the opening of the museum, unveils a collection of 77 important works from the Royal Museum for Central Africa collection. A series of scholars, curators, and experts in African art offer a review and analysis of each of these pieces.
Many of the works collected here are in the gallery assigned to the temporary exhibition "Unrivalled Art". Others can be found in the rooms dedicated to the permanent exhibition. Finally, some works allow us to take a look behind the scenes of the RMCA, in the hushed atmosphere of the depots, which the general public is unaware of. Researcher and curator Julien Volper has selected pieces that come not only from the Congo, but also from other countries, such as Angola and ...

For the past twenty years, the Barbier-Mueller Museum has organized exhibitions that have traveled throughout Europe, North America and the Far East. The museum has presented to all its visitors its vast collections of "tribal" art, gathered for more than three-quarters of a century by three generations of the same family.
These exhibitions have been seen in some of the world's leading art institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Los Angeles County Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.
In general, no less than three exhibitions are open to the public at a time, each with a catalog written by the most competent specialists in the field. This explains the museum's worldwide renown, as it is indeed ...

The carefully selected objects in this publication from West, Central and East Africa, through their distinctive forms, invite us to renew our perception and understanding of the messages they contain.
The humble acceptance of our fragmented knowledge can turn into an enigma. This approach to the object, considered as a secret, awakens the mind and the heart to realities that we hardly suspected. To accept the enigma is to recognize that part of the mystery of the object escapes us and that the other part, invisible, can appear to us. Such is the path proposed in this book: to find keys to knowledge and deepening on the stylistic and aesthetic levels.

Authors: François Neyt and Hugues Dubois
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: French and ...

Over 130 works from the collection assembled by Drs. Nicole and John Dintenfass over fifty years.
The Dintenfass Collection serves as a model and inspiration for both beginning and seasoned collectors. An alternative approach to collecting that goes beyond buying from dealers. A richly illustrated book that traces the origin of a collector's interest in African art and analyzes the psychological aspects that drive collecting passions.
The Nicole and John Dintenfass collection is well known and aesthetically based, and the works have been reproduced in numerous publications. They have collected with passion, diligence, depth and rigor monumental sculptures and wooden miniatures from most parts of Africa.
Focusing on pieces of the highest artistic quality, this book ...

More than 130 works from the collection gathered by Drs Nicole and John Dintenfass over fifty years.
The Dintenfass collection serves as a model and source of inspiration for beginners and experienced collectors alike. Another approach to the collection that is not limited to buying from dealers. A richly illustrated book that traces the origin of a collector's interest in African art and analyzes the psychological aspects that drive a collector's passions.
The Nicole and John Dintenfass collection is well known and aesthetically based, and the works have been reproduced in numerous publications. They have collected with passion, diligence, depth and rigor monumental sculptures and wooden miniatures from most parts of Africa.
Focusing on pieces of the highest ...

Visions of Grace: 100 Masterpieces from the Collection of Daniel and Marian Malcolm highlights 100 works from the famous collection assembled by Drs. Daniel and Marian Malcolm. Gathered over more than four decades, it is one of the finest private collections of pre-colonial African art and as such serves as a model and source of inspiration for both beginning and established collectors.
Focusing on pieces of the highest artistic quality, the Malcolm's are particularly fascinated by creative expressions that reflect the religious beliefs, social structures and traditional values of the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa.
The author focuses on the diversity and depth of the collection, providing historical, sociological, and religious contexts while exploring the source of ...

If the Maya are famous for their architectural achievements, notably the magnificent sites of Chichen Itza, Tulum or Tikal, they did not become less famous in other artistic forms, starting with sculpture. Today, the Pinacothèque de Paris would like to highlight this lesser-known aspect of their culture.

Author: Sofia Martinez del Campo Lanz
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 311
Dimensions: 280 x 250 mm
ISBN : 9782358670227