Africa, arts and cultures
By: edited by John Mack.
Contributors: Mack, John.; British Museum.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: British Museum; Art, African; Art -- England -- London
Other titles: Africa
Description: "There are countless ways of looking at African art - in terms of ethnography, aesthetics, history, and the many ways these combine with personal knowledge and preference to influence the viewer. In Africa: Arts and Cultures the world-famous African art collection of the British Museum provides an exceptional opportunity to explore our contemporary knowledge of African objects and the cultures that created them.

The rare pan-African scope of the book allows objects from each of the five regions of Africa to come to light. Many readers familiar with the masks and wooden figures commonly collected a century ago will be surprised also to see the Tunisian wedding tunic included here, or a water bottle of ostrich eggshell from the San in southern Africa, or a multimedia monoprint made by a Nigerian artist in 1999."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-219) and index.
"The occasion for the publication of this book is the opening of the Sainsbury African Galleries, part of the Great Court scheme, at the British Museum"--Pref.
Simultaneously published: London : British Museum Press, 2000.