THE ART OF METAL IN AFRICA
Authors: BRINCARD M.-T.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. The African–American Institute, New York: 07.10.1982 – 01.05.1983 / Institute for the Arts, Houston, Texas Rice University at the Sewall Gallery: 3.02 – 10.04.1983 / Charles W. Bowers Museum, Santa Ana (California) 18.06 / 09.05.1983
Publisher: The African-American Institute, New York, 1982. Hardcover, 4to, dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm
Content: 160 p, 138 ill. b / w, 4 ill. col., 3 b / w photos, 3 Color photos. 1 pl.coul., 3 drawings, 6 maps, biblio., description of exhibits,
Additional Information: Book exhausted, indispensable to all collectors for its thematic and comprehensive study on the art of metal in Africa: a reference in the genre.
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
Catalogue of an exhibition with a map of the different ethnic groups represented, tests on metals and metallurgy, signs and symbols, bronzes, coins, and more. In all, ten trials involving a contribution mainly reproductions and illustrated respectively with the list of objects (pictured) in the exhibition. A remarkable work of scholarship with very good pictures of the pieces presented.
Additional information
| Weight | 760 g |
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| Dimensions | 21.5 × 28 cm |
