Fétiches et objets ancestraux d'Afrique
Subtitle: African fetishes and ancestral objects
By: François Neyt, Hughes Dubois ; edited by/sous la direction de Didier Claes
Contributors: Dubois, Hughes, photographer; Claes, Didier, editor, writer of preface
Publisher: 5 Continents
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Milan, Italy
Language: fre
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9788874396542
Subjects: Sculpture; Themes, motives; African Figure sculpture; Fetishes (Ceremonial objects); Wood-carved figurines; Divination; Witchcraft; Talismans; Superstition
Other titles: African fetishes and ancestral objects
Description: "The sculptures in this books, from four style groups in Central Africa - Kongo, Teke, Luba and Songye - were selected above all for their beauty, with a preference for pieces displaying carved signs linked to magic and witchcraft. The texts and photographs take an original slant on these figures, helping us see what is sublime or appealing in them and revealing something of the magic, mystery and fear they embody."--Jacket.
Notes: Features 67 wood-carved cult statuettes, several collected by Édouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, venerated as ritual objects inhabited by ancestral spirits.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and French.
Table of contents: title: Congo; title: Teke/Yaka/Zombo; title: Luba; title: Songye; title: La divination chez les Baluba au moyen du lubuko ou katotola; title: English text.