The Art of Daily Life : Portable Objects from Southeast Africa
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
8874395787
ISBN-13
9788874395781
Publisher
Five Continents Editions
Imprint
Five Continents Editions
Country of Manufacture
IT
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2011
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
744 grams
Dimensions
28.40 x 24.00 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Decorative arts
Ksh 3,800.00
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Features 78 exceptional works - many never published before - drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., and a large number of American private collections
The arts of southeast Africa embrace astounding diversity and limitless inventiveness in materials, forms, and styles. Small and portable in nature - snuff containers, pipes, headrests, staffs, clubs, beer vessels, beaded garments - they were created by semi-nomadic pastoral peoples and primarly intended for daily use. Whether figurative or abstract, carved out of wood, ivory, or horn, or made of cloth, glass beads, or clay, most of these works were much more than exquisitely designed functional objects. Some signalled status, gender, or age; others served as symbolic intermediaries between the world of humans and the realm of the ancestors.
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