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Автор: Raoul Lehuard, Daniel Klein, Alain Lecomte
Год: 2010
Издание:
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Страниц: 212
ISBN: 8874395442
Richly illustrated, this monograph is the first devoted to the work of the Babembe people, who live on the banks of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their anthropomorphic statues, carved from wood, are characterized by incisions representing tattoos, scarifications, or skin decorations that the Babembe use during initiation ceremonies. These striking works, many of which have never been published before, are adorned with fabric, tools made of horn or stone jewels, and eyes made from faience or shell. The works represent ancestral spirits who link the sculpturea??s commissioner with superAnatural forces of the Babembea??s animist religion. Here, scholars analyze the aesthetic quality, style, and meaning of each fascinating sculpture.
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