YAKA
Subtitle: power figures
By: author, Gerd Korinthenberg ; editor, Henricus Simonis ; photograph, Joerg Schanze
Contributors: Simonis, Henricus; Schanze, Joerg
Publisher: Walther König
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9783960984900
Subjects: Yaka Sculpture; Fetishes (Ceremonial objects); Yaka (African people)
Description: This book presents the entire range of Yaka ritual sculptures. The Yaka people live in the southwestern Congo. These objects played a significant role in the daily life of Yaka society after they were ritually charged with power substances. Moreover, these sculptures provided direct access to the supernatural powers of important ancestors and spirits. Every statue exhibits full force, monumentality, expressivity and originality as well as admirable abundance of shapes and forms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in English and German.