DECORATED GOURDS IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA
Lagos & London: 1977. 222 pages, 223 large illustrations (b/w and color) of over 400 gourds, designs, and objects. Cloth cover. More
African Art
VOODOO. Afrikas Geheime Nacht
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
VOODOO. Africa's Secret Power
Worgl: 1979, 1980, 1981 (2nd ed.). 276 pages, 128 color and 65 b/w photographs. Cloth cover. More
UBER AFRIKAISCHE HOLZSCHNITZEREI, Eine Einfuhrung. Bern Historical Museum, Yearbook 39 & 40
1959 and 1960. Pp. 457-463, 4 photographs of carved figures. Offprint. More
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. 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
THE ARTS OF GHANA
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
ICONS. Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa
Washington, D.C. National Museum of African Art, 1989. 208 pages, 103 color and 110 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Cloth cover. More
MBARI. Art and Life Among the Owerri Igbo
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
IGBO ARTS: Community and Cosmos
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YORUBA SCULPTURE
New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1964. 10 pages, 279 entries. More
THE TRADITIONAL RELIGION OF THE SAKATA
Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia XXXIV: 1971. xviii, 172 pages of text plus 4 pages of photographs of objects of artifacts. More
THE AURIGNACIANS AND THEIR CULTURE
Logan Museum Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1. Beloit: 1928. viii, 139 pages of text containing 13 figures, plus 14 pages of photographs. More
SOCIAL RITE AND PERSONAL DELIGHT: AFRICAN ART FROM BALTIMORE COLLECTIONS
Baltimore Museum of Art: 1975. 34 pages, 65 photographs. More
WEST AFRICA IN HISTORY. Vol. One, Before the Europeans
London: 1961. 93 pages, 4 pages of photographs of artifacts, 5 maps. More
REINVENTING AFRICA. Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England
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
AFRICAN ROYAL COURT ART
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
ARTS DE COUR EN AFRIQUE NOIRE
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
ART ROYAL KUBA
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
ART OF AFRICA. Treasures From the Congo.
New York: 1971. 369 pages, 112 color (mainly tipped-in) and 67 b/w photographs--many full-page. Cloth cover. Fine condition. More
LE DAHOMEY
Paris: 1965. 126 pages, 4 maps. More
TISSUS D'EGYPTE. Temoins du monde arabe VIII-XV siecles. Collection Bouvier
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
REALIDADES E DESVARIOS AFRICANOS
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa: 1962. 44 pages. More
AFRICAN FIGURINES. Their Ceremonial Use in Puberty Rites in Tanganyika
London: 1956. 176 pages, 163 photographs. Cloth cover. More
ARTE EXTRA ARTE. Sguardi sull’Arte African
Centro Direzionale Museo Montelupo, 1996. 16 pages, 12 half-page photographs of artifacts. More
THE BRITISH ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT
London: 1933, 1964 (2nd ed.). xxi, 256 pages of text plus 8 pages of photographs. Cloth cover. More