Ethnographic Arts & Artifacts

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LOT 7

Lot 7

Group of Nine African Art Reference Books

Group of Nine African Art Reference Books
Lot 7 Details
Group of Nine African Art Reference Books

IKENGA FIGURES AMONG THE NORTH-WEST IGBO AND THE IGALA, John Boston, Ethnographica Limited, 1977;
IGBO ARTS: COMMUNITY AND COSMOS, Herbert M. Cole and Chike C. Aniakor, University of California Museum of Cultural History, 1984;
AFRICAN ART IN MOTION, Robert Farris Thompson, University of California Press Ltd., 1974;
AFRICAN MASTERPIECES FROM MUNICH, Maria Kecskesi, The Center For African Art, 1987;
THE ART OF COLLECTING AFRICAN ART, Robert and Nancy Nooter, Museum for African Art, 1988;
THE ART OF CAMEROON, Tamara Northern, Smithsonian Institution, 1984;
AFRICAN DOLLS: FOR PLAY AND MAGIC, Esther A. Dagan, Galerie Amrad African Arts, 1990;
AFRICAN MAJESTY: FROM GRASSLAND AND FOREST, William Fagg, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1981;
AFRICA AND THE RENAISSANCE: ART IN IVORY, Ezio Bassani and William B. Fagg, The Center for African Art, 1988

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $250
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