Tribal Art

This catalog was produced for the exhibition "arts d'Afrique noire", "Les ateliers du Grand Hornu", July-August 1976.

Black and white photographs
Condition: very good
Language: French
Number of pages: 139
Dimensions: 265 x 210 mm
Paperback

This publication was edited on the occasion of the exhibition: "Benin, royal art of Africa "n organized in Brussels, by the Crédit Communal, from December 21, 1990 to February 10, 1991. The Benin collection of the "Museum für Völkerkunde" in Vienna

Text: Armand Duchâteau
Color and black and white photographs
Condition: very good
Language: French
Number of pages: 174
Dimensions: 295 x 215 mm
Paperback
ISBN : 978-2871931195

For the first time, sculpture is the exclusive subject of an art history. It is therefore a unique collection, realized with the collaboration of internationally renowned specialists in the various fields, and which, by its conception, offers the public two choices of reading. A universal history of sculpture, each of its volumes is nevertheless self-sufficient. The originality of the critical essays, the seriousness of the documentation, the exceptional quality of the images make it an irreplaceable work at all levels of culture.

Text: Guy Rachet
Color and black and white photographs
Condition: very good, small tear in the cover
Language: French
Number of pages: 190
Dimensions: 280 x 220 mm
Bound
ISBN : 28653504011

This very rare collector's book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Beauté fatale. Armes d'Afrique centrale", organized in the Galerie du Crédit Communal, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 44 in Brussels, from December 18, 1992 to February 28, 1993.

Crédit Communal de Belgique
Color and black and white photographs
Condition: very good
Language: French
Number of pages: 263
Dimensions: 295 x 210 mm
Paperback
ISBN : 978-2871931720

The theme of life and death concerns us all. It occupies two of the five permanent floors of the MAS in Antwerp and is based on the great existential questions: where do we come from? Where do we go? What happens after death? Throughout history and in all cultures, people have sought answers to these great questions of life. Life and death. On the seventh floor, Gods and Men introduces us to the wide variety of interpretations and the deep need for rituals that can be found wherever man has taken up residence. The exhibits, which are part of the permanent collection of the MAS, come mainly from ancient Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Melanesia, India, Tibet, Turkey - and Antwerp. They illustrate how people from various cultures view life and death. Is a body buried or cremated? Is there life ...

This book constitutes the two volumes of the catalog of the exhibition organized by the Royal Museum for Central Africa in 1997.
Table of contents of volume I :
Portrait of a cave. An introduction to the cave paintings of the Zimbawe.
Zimbawean figures from the Iron Age. Images of a fertility complex.
Origins and development of Zimbawe stone structure crops.
The region of Zimbawe 1490-1900. Some aspects of the history.
Traditional social and religious life in Zimbawe.
The arts and material culture of Tonga's zimbawe. Tradition and changes.
The arts and material culture of the Ndebele.
The art and material culture of the Venda.
The arts of the Hlengwe/Tsonga of Zimbawe.
The art of the Shona. Utilitarian objects ...

Rago Auction Catalog - Tribal Art including 435 lots, of which: American Indian (85), African (178), Oceanic (99), Pre-Columbian (68).

Dating: March 1, 2009
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 146
Dimensions: 280 x 210 mm
Paperback

The impressive collections of the Royal Museum for Central Africa have been built up over more than one hundred years through numerous purchases, harvests and donations. Over time, the professional profile of the collectors has been extremely varied: territorial agents, agricultural engineers, ethnologists, military, doctors, and missionaries.
This book deals with the collections made by the Jesuits in the southwest of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo and the scientific links that these missionaries established with the RMCA.
Churchmen and researchers, the Jesuits contributed to a better knowledge of the various cultures of the DRC. Their collections were important (several thousand pieces) and were initially divided between the museum of Tervuren and the museum ...

This book deals with a little-known cult known as nswo shared by several cultures in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo such as the Yanzi, Sakata, Hungana, Buma, Mfunuka, Tsong, Mbala, Teke, Dikidiki and Yaka. Many copies of sculptures used in the nswo are kept in the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) and are reproduced in this richly illustrated book. This catalog deals with the origins of the cult, its diffusion and its regional variants, which are expressed both at the level of rites and statuary.

Author: Julien Volper
Royal Museum of Central Africa
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 96
Dimensions: 180 x 155 mm
Paperback
ISBN : 978-9492244246

Nigerian art has long been sought after by art collectors in France. Accompanying a major exhibition, Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections explores the rich artistic production of Nigeria through a collection of beautiful works, including many striking figurative pieces, in a wide variety of media. Internationally renowned experts provide texts that present Nigeria, its peoples and its diverse cultures. The superb photographs of the works add to the value of this sumptuous volume.

Museum of Civilization - Quebec City
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 287
Dimensions: 290 x 250 mm
Bound
ISBN : 978-8874395811

The art of Southern and Eastern Africa, in contrast to the better-known traditions of Central and West Africa, has been neglected until recently.
The complex history of the region, marked by migrations rather than sedentary kingdoms, and the very nature of the objects produced, considered as handicrafts by the Western eye, are the main reasons for this relative obscurity. The objects illustrated and catalogued in the book include rare figurative carvings, jewelry, insignia, prestige sticks carved with heads and ornamental decorations, walking and fighting sticks, headrests, snuff containers, and occasionally ornamental but useful ornaments that also serve as combs and snuff spoons. Southern African objects are distinguished by the pastoral and specifically nomadic nature of ...

The astonishingly varied art of the Kulango, a people of northeastern Ivory Coast, intrigues and baffles. Especially in their metal creations, with a striking freedom of expression, the bodies seem to reinvent movement by sometimes adopting an almost choreographic gesture, an aerial grace, sinuous lines. In this work, more than one hundred figurines reappear, like apparitions from another world. Who are these enigmatic beings whose bulging eyes scrutinize the invisible?

Author: Alain-Michel Boyer
Editions: Five Continents
Color photographs
Condition: NEW
Language: English and French
Number of pages: 255
Dimensions: 235 x 235 mm
Linked
ISBN : 978-8874397808

Based on an exhibition of 85 exceptional works from private American collections and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., this book joins the few publications devoted to the artistic traditions of southern Africa.
Surprisingly diverse and limitless in their inventiveness, materials, forms and styles, the works from this part of the continent defy any specific ethnic attribution. Small and portable in nature - snuff containers, pipes, headrests, sticks, beer vessels, beaded clothing - they were created by semi-nomadic cattle-raising peoples and are mainly intended for everyday use.
Their softened edges and glossy patinas are obvious signs of wear. Whether figurative or abstract, carved in wood, ivory or horn, or made of fabric, ...

Momentary out of stock.
A fascinating collection of ritual wooden objects called "spirit boards" made in the Gulf of Papua New Guinea. They represent the spirits that protect the clans from disease, evil spirits and death.
The first book, devoted exclusively to this subject, places the various works in their local context with the help of historical and field photographs. The sculptural forms called "spirit boards" are known by different names in the many ethnic regions of the Gulf of Papua, and are called gope in several languages.

Author: Virginia-Lee Webb
Color and black and white photographs
Condition: nine
Language: English
Number of pages: 355
Dimensions: 360 x 250 mm
Bound
ISBN : 978-8874397051

Spirits incarnate. Gulf of Papua Votive Boards presents a selection of wood carvings designated as "votive boards", made in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea, and coming from important collections. Known by different names in the many ethnic regions of the Gulf, they are called gope in several languages. They are the embodiment of powerful spirits and are traditionally made of wood salvaged from ancient dugout canoes and most often decorated on one side with painted and carved patterns that reflect the identity of a clan. This is the first book devoted exclusively to this subject and places the works in their local, historical and contemporary context, thanks to texts by Robert L. Welsch and Thomas Schultze-Westrum, as well as Virginia-Lee Webb's work on ancient photographs taken by ...

"Singes Baule" is the first book dedicated to these sculptures so far removed from the refined and delicate artistic canon of Baule masks and effigies. These frightening cup bearers harboring invisible forces both evil and beneficial served their community through diviners. Based on a remarkable set of statues from the Africarium Collection, this book studies the creation, morphology, and use of cup bearers in their ritual and cultural context.
The product of extensive research of existing texts and the observation of hundreds of objects, this book presents fascinating discoveries, an original map and unpublished field photographs, and illustrates fifteen objects from the Africarium and forty cup bearers from public and private collections.

Authors: Bruno Claessens ...

"Singes Baule" is the first book dedicated to these sculptures so far removed from the refined and delicate artistic canon of Baule masks and effigies. These frightening cup bearers harboring invisible forces both evil and beneficial served their community through diviners. Based on a remarkable set of statues from the Africarium Collection, this book studies the creation, morphology, and use of cup bearers in their ritual and cultural context.
The product of extensive research of existing texts and the observation of hundreds of objects, this book presents fascinating discoveries, an original map and unpublished field photographs, and illustrates fifteen objects from the Africarium and forty cup bearers from public and private collections.

Authors: Bruno Claessens ...

Expressing one of the many Luba sub-styles, the great male figures created by the master sculptors of the Hemba culture in southeastern Congo since at least the mid-1800s are undoubtedly among the noblest sculptural representations of the human figure in sub-Saharan Africa. With their serene gaze and meditative expression, they exude a tranquility and dignity appropriate to these idealized portraits commemorating the esteemed leaders of the past. Imbued with a vital force, these objects invested by the spirit were capable of communicating between the living and the dead. Through their inner power, they had the ability to impact the material sphere by enabling ancestors to positively influence the well-being of their surviving relatives.
In this publication, through the insightful ...

Legendary, the fabulous gold resources of West Africa are well known. But in the collections, the jewels rarely date back beyond the beginning of this century. The others, the oldest, have mostly been melted down.
Laure Meyer has therefore endeavored to make the surviving documents speak for themselves. To make archaeology speak, to draw from oblivion the ornaments of a mythical queen of the Tuareg. To make speak the texts of the Arab authors of the Middle Ages, evoking the slow caravans loaded with gold which crossed the Sahara.
For gold as for silver, the techniques of the goldsmiths are exhibited here with precision, so that nothing disturbs this precious vision of a sumptuously adorned Africa.

Author: Laure Meyer
Color photographs
Condition: ...

The traditional art forms of the Admiralty Islands occupy an important place in the art of the South Sea Islands. The originality of their work is manifested in monumental sculptures and beautiful wooden bowls and dishes as well as small instruments of virtuoso design. The works are decorated in a rich palette of red, black, brown and white tones that give severe and strongly contrasting visual effects.

Rietberg Museum
Condition: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 211
Dimensions: 300 x 230 mm
ISBN : 978-3907077023

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
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 373
Dimensions: 300 x 250 mm
Bound
ISBN : 978-9462301818