A Host of Devils : The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture

Name: A Host of Devils
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415277273
Price: 32950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415277273

by Zachary Kingdon

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in Visual Culture

ISBN-10 0415277272

ISBN-13 9780415277273

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 21st, 2002

Print length 266 Pages

Weight 650 grams

Product Classification: Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Indigenous peoples

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Zachary Kingdon here provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique.

A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique.
The creation of such works is shown to connect with a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits function as a format for expression. The book describes the ways in which the sculpture emerged, as well as the author''s experience of learning how to carve.

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