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Re-visions : new perspectives on the African collections of the Horniman Museum / edited by Karel Arnaut.

Contributor(s): Arnaut, Karel | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Universidade de Coimbra. Museu Antropológico
Language: English Publisher: London : Coimbra [Portugal]: Museu Antropogico da Universidade de Coimbra, Horniman Museum and Gardens ; 2000.Description: 232p. : ill., maps ; 27cm.ISBN: 0951814184Subject(s): Horniman Museum and Gardens | Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Antiquities | Art, African | Ethnology -- Africa,Sub-SaharanDDC classification: 967.01
Contents:
Introduction: re-visioning collections and ethnography in the African worlds Gallery / K. Arnaut; If you see Ijele masquerade, you have seen it all / E. Arinze; The Lobi people of the upper west region, Ghana, 1999 / Michael Pennie; When Ghede met Barbie: Haiitian vodou culture / Phil Cope; Recontextualizing the Horniman's collection of Benin bronzes / J. Eboreime; Siren seductress of the seven seas: Mammy Wata in the global village / Jill Salmons; Agents of order and disorder: Kongo minkisi / H. Vanhee; Contemporary masquerade in the Dogon region / Polly Richards; Candomblé shrines / Tania Costa Tribe; Contradictory images: Bwaba leaf masks (Burkino Faso) / M. Coquet; Masks and styles : Yoruba masquerade / William Rea; Two masks from the Yoruba-speaking region of Nigeria / John Picton; Quest for the Cross River skin-covered mask / Keith Nicklin; The Bedu of north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire / K. Arnaut.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KY [ARN-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M39640
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: re-visioning collections and ethnography in the African worlds Gallery / K. Arnaut; If you see Ijele masquerade, you have seen it all / E. Arinze; The Lobi people of the upper west region, Ghana, 1999 / Michael Pennie; When Ghede met Barbie: Haiitian vodou culture / Phil Cope; Recontextualizing the Horniman's collection of Benin bronzes / J. Eboreime; Siren seductress of the seven seas: Mammy Wata in the global village / Jill Salmons; Agents of order and disorder: Kongo minkisi / H. Vanhee; Contemporary masquerade in the Dogon region / Polly Richards; Candomblé shrines / Tania Costa Tribe; Contradictory images: Bwaba leaf masks (Burkino Faso) / M. Coquet; Masks and styles : Yoruba masquerade / William Rea; Two masks from the Yoruba-speaking region of Nigeria / John Picton; Quest for the Cross River skin-covered mask / Keith Nicklin; The Bedu of north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire / K. Arnaut.

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