Ethnographic Arts, Artifacts & Textiles

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LOT 2

Lot 2

Group of 28 African Art Reference Books

Group of 28 African Art Reference Books
Lot 2 Details
Group of 28 African Art Reference Books

THE AKAN WORLD OF GOLD WEIGHTS: ABSTRACT DESIGN WEIGHTS (English and French), G. Niangoran-Bouah, Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines-M.L.B., 1984;
ASHANTI GOLDWEIGHTS, Eric de Kolb, Vol. No.I and II, Gallery d'Hautbarr, 1968;
GOLD IN DER KUNST WESTAFRIKAS, Jane and Jean David, Zurich, 2010;
THE ART OF GOLDWEIGHTS: WORDS FORM MEANING, The University Museum, Philadelphia, 1977;
GOLDGEWICHTE AKAN GOLDWEIGHTS, Charlotte von Graffenried, Bern Benteli, 1990;
GOLD OF AFRICA: IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM, Timothy F. Garrard, Prestel-Verlag, 1989;
UBUMBA: ASPECTS OF INDIGENOUS CERAMICS IN KWAZULU-NATAL, Brendan Bell and Ian Carter, Tatham Art Gallery, 1998;
YORUBA BEADWORK: ART OF NIGERIA, William Fagg, Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., 1980;
AFRICAN MAJESTY: THE TEXTILE ART OF THE ASHANTI AND EWE, Peter Adler and Nicholas Barnard, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1992;
ASAFO!: AFRICAN FLAGS OF THE FANTE, Peter Adler and Nicholas Barnard, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1992;
SHOOWA DESIGN: AFRICAN TEXTILES FROM THE KINGDOM OF KUBA, Georges Meurant, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1986;
THE ART OF EASTERN NIGERIA, G.I. Jones, Cambridge University Press, 1984;
THE LOWER NIGER AND ITS TRIBES, Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, MacMillan and Co., 1906;
THE SCULPTURE OF NEGRO AFRICA, Paul S. Wingert, Columbia University Press, 1950;
THE AFFECTING PRESENCE: AN ESSAY IN HUMANISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Robert Plant Armstrong, University of Illinois Press, 1971;
YORUBA RELIGIOUS CARVING: PAGAN & CHRISTIAN SCULPTURE IN NIGERIA AND DAHOMEY, Kevin Carroll, Geoffrey Chapman Ltd., 1966;
THE TRIBAL IMAGE, William Fagg, British Museum Publications Limited, 1970;
AFRICAN SPIRIT IMAGES AND IDENTITIES, Leon Siroto, Pace Primitive and Ancient Art, 1976;
WESTAFRIKANISCHE PLASTIK VOL.I, II, III, Kurt Krieger, Museum Fur Volkerkunde, 1969;
WESTAFRIKANISCHE MASKEN, Kurt Krieger and Gerdt Kutscher, Museum Fur Volkerkunde, 1960;
LA GRANDE SCULTURA DELL'AFRICA NERA, Ezio Bassani, Artificio, 1989;
TRAUMZEICHEN: RAPHIAGEWEBE DES KONIGREICHS BAKUBA, Georges Meurant and Angelika Tunis, Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989;
HAUTE-VOLTA: A L'OCCASION DE LA QUINZAINE AFRICAINE, Henri Kamer, Studio 44, 1973;
AFRIKANSKT / AFRICAN ART, Ingvar Claeson, Malmo Konsthall, 1986;
AFRICANA, Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, Battenberg Verlag Munchen, 1988

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $275
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