Paris: 1989. 209 pages, 147 color and 55 b/w photographs, 2 maps. A splendid exhibition of classical Makonde art juxtaposed with contemporary Makonde art was mounted in Paris in 1989 at the Museum of African and Oceanic Arts. Drawn from museum and private collections in Mozambique, Portugal and several other..... More
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1963-1964. 114 leaves of text, 17 leaves of drawings of shields, 3 full-page maps, 1 fold-out map in rear. More
Lagos & London: 1977. 222 pages, 223 large illustrations (b/w and color) of over 400 gourds, designs, and objects. Cloth cover. More
Worgl: 1987 (3rd ed.). 276 pages, 128 color and 65 b/w photographs. Cloth cover. German language edition of VOODOO, Africa's Secret Power. More
Worgl: 1979, 1980, 1981 (2nd ed.). 276 pages, 128 color and 65 b/w photographs. Cloth cover. More
1959 and 1960. Pp. 457-463, 4 photographs of carved figures. Offprint. More
St.Louis: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2015. 36 page, 18 figures containing 134 illustrations of Kota reliquary figures and numerous design elements. Hard board cover. Mint condition. More
Bruxelles: 1902-1906. pp. 145--316 pages containing 55 photographs, mainly of fetishes, followed by 40 leaves of photographs of 696 fetishes. 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..... More
Los Angeles: 1977. 244 pages, 401 b/w and 22 color photographs, 2 maps. Cloth cover edition. Mint condition. A heavily illustrated compendium that served as the catalogue for a major exhibition at UCLA that presented a broad range of excellent examples of Ghanian art. An excellent text and wonderful photographs..... More
Washington, D.C. National Museum of African Art, 1989. 208 pages, 103 color and 110 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Cloth cover. More
Bloomington: 1982. 288 pages, 76 b/w and 12 color photographs of clay sculptures of gods, men, animals and monsters in a richly decorated architectural setting, 31 drawings. Cloth cover. More
Los Angeles: UCLA, 1984. 256 pages, 338 b/w and 40 color photographs. Soft cover ed. The largest and unquestionably the finest assemblage of Igbo art objects outside Nigeria was displayed in a dazzling 1984 exhibition at UCLA. The objects--with the focus on masks--are drawn from 59 collections, and are wonderfully..... More
New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1964. 10 pages, 279 entries. More
Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia XXXIV: 1971. xviii, 172 pages of text plus 4 pages of photographs of objects of artifacts. More
Logan Museum Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1. Beloit: 1928. viii, 139 pages of text containing 13 figures, plus 14 pages of photographs. More
Baltimore Museum of Art: 1975. 34 pages, 65 photographs. More
London: 1961. 93 pages, 4 pages of photographs of artifacts, 5 maps. More
New Haven: 1994. viii, 280 pages, 112 photographs and drawings. Cloth cover. Between 1890 and 1918, British colonial expansion in Africa led to the removal of many valuable African artifacts that were subsequently brought to Britain and displayed. This fascinating work analyzes the ways in which African peoples and their..... More
Chicago: 1998. 181 pages, 49 color and 101 b/w photographs, 1 map. Cloth cover. The extraordinary royal objects-- embodying the strength and status of African monarchs--are presented in this authoritative analysis of these stunning, realistic court objects. From the precolonial kingdoms of the Edo and the Yoruba, the Ashanti, and..... More
Paris: 1996. 159 pages, 150 color and b/w photographs, 2 maps. Cloth cover. The images and artifacts created by artists and artisans for the royal courts of African kingdoms are discussed and depicted in this study of African court art. Insignias of sovereignty, images of royalty, and artifacts reflecting royal..... More
Milan: 1982. 343 pages, 244 b/w photographs, 50 color photographs, 216 drawings, 1 map. Cloth cover, dust jacket slightly creased: book in mint condition. Once again Fr. Cornet has published an important volume on the art of the Zairian people. This time the rites, dances, symbols and masks of the..... More
New York: 1971. 369 pages, 112 color (mainly tipped-in) and 67 b/w photographs--many full-page. Cloth cover. Fine condition. More
Paris: 1965. 126 pages, 4 maps. More
Paris: Musee d'art et d'histoire, Geneva and Institute du Monde-Arabe, 1993. 349 pages, approximately 70 large (1/4 page, 1/2 page, full-page, and double-page) color photographs, approximately 175 b/w photographs--all of textiles in the Bouvier collection that were exhibited in 1993 in Geneva and Paris, 2 maps. Cloth cover (10" x...... More
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa: 1962. 44 pages. More