KINGS OF AFRICA. Art and Authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin
Maastricht: 1992. 327 pages (10 papers), 210 pages of color photographs of 190 objects plus an additional 4 pages of color and 3 pages of b/w photographs, 6 maps. Cloth cover, small folio size (9 1/2"x12"). Item #1623
Central Africa, principally occupied by peoples speaking Bantu related languages, for centuries shared common traditions. Comprising areas later known as Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola, Zambia, and Malawi, "Central Africa" contained scores of kingdoms rich in common Bantu tradition. Berlin's Museum fur Volkerkunde, a repository of one of the world's most comprehensive collections of the art of this vast region, exhibited in Maastricht in 1992 many of its masterpieces from Central Africa. In this catalogue of that exhibition there are more than 200 pages of rich color photographs, 10 papers, and lengthy descriptions and collection data for each illustrated object.
Price: $275.00