NOTES ANALYTIQUES SUR LES COLLECTIONS ETHNOGRAPHIQUES DU MUSEE DU CONGO. Tome I, Fasciule II. LES ARTS--RELIGION.; Annales du Musee du Congo
Bruxelles: 1902-1906. pp. 145--316 pages containing 55 photographs, mainly of fetishes, followed by 40 leaves of photographs of 696 fetishes. Item #15645
Biebuyck, 590, "Inventories and describes 696 anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines and a few masks, staffs, and boards available by 1906 in the Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale. "Classifies the sculptures, grouped as either amulets or fetishes... by specific areas and ethnic groups". Folio size (11"x 14 1/4"), bound in a later cloth cover over original wrappers (pages were issued loose). Very good--fine condition.
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