ANIMAL MASKS FROM WEST AFRICA. - Lot 861

ANIMAL MASKS FROM WEST AFRICA. Rich catalog of the exhibition organized by the "Société des Amateurs de l' Art Africain" in 1995 in Paris and at the natural history museums of Grenoble and Lille. "In African art, man and animal are intimately linked. Very often, man is represented in the guise of a particular animal. More than 100 zoomorphic masks from West Africa, particularly Burkina Faso, are presented. All come from private collections and are presented to the general public for the first time. In-depth articles on masks in West African societies, zoomorphic masks, hunting masks, myths and totems, animals represented, mask functions, funerals, mourning, annual purification, sacred and profane masks, altar masks, dances, simple animal masks and composite masks, mask language. Extensive pages on the various ethnic groups, with descriptions of their populations. cartography + one hundred masks often presented full-page with comments and explanations. bound in dust jacket - 143 pages - 29 x 22.5 cm.