African forms
Subtitle: art and rituals
By: Laure Meyer ; [translated from the French by John O'Toole].
Publisher: Assouline
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Art, Black -- Africa, West -- Themes, motives; Symbolism in art -- Africa, West
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197).
Table of contents: title: Tribal art, born in the forest and the bush; title: Myths and cults confronting life and death; title: The diviner-healer, an expert in rituals; title: The sculptor gives shape to the sacred; title: Masks for important occasions; title: Royal arts.