Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought
New York: The Center for African Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Hardcover. Blue cloth with white lettering; color-pictorial dj; 256 pp. with 274 images in color and bw. VG, clean and tight but for two ex-lib. stamps inside back cover. Item #120814
ISBN: 0810917947
Focuses on the artistic expressions of the Yoruba and the historical and cultural issues that have shaped its civilization from the 12th to the 20th century. Covers religion, philosophy, ancient kingdoms of Ife, Esie, Owo, Ijebu, and Oyo, segments of society, artistic guilds, and much more. Catalogue from the exhibition shown in the US and Zurich with magnificent works in ivory, bronze, stone, wood, beads, terracotta, etc. With scholarly essay material and a glossary, this is a marvellous catalogue.
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