The Art of Metal in Africa
New York: The African-American Institute, 1982. Softcover. Color-pictorial wraps; 160 pp. with images in bw (and a few in color) throughout the book, numbered by section. VG, clean and tight but for minor rubbing to covers; unbroken spine; Smithsonian price sticker on back cover. Item #119150
Catalogue from the exhibition held at the African American-Institute (October 1982 - January 1983), Institute for the Arts, Houston (February to April 1983), and the Charles Bowers Museum (June to September 1983). Includes a map of ethnic groups represented in the exhibition, essays on metals and metallurgy, signs and symbols, bronzes, castings, and more. In all, there are ten main essays, followed by illustrations and the list of objects (described) in the exhibition. An amazing work of scholarship with very good photos of the pieces.
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