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Kota, Paperback by Perrois, Louis, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9788874396078
- Book Title
- Kota
- Book Series
- Visions of Africa Ser.
- Publisher
- 5 Continents
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Art
- Topic
- Sculpture & Installation, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, African
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
5 Continents
ISBN-10
8874396074
ISBN-13
9788874396078
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117378818
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kota
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, African
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Book Series
Visions of Africa Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
704.0396721
Synopsis
An in-depth exploration of the significance of art in the culture of the Kota people of Gabon in equatorial Africa, focusing on form, function and meaning, as well as the interplay of verbal and visual imagery., The Kota people, who live in Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa, have developed an astonishing creativity in representations of their ancestors. Dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylized reality tending toward abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of copper, tin, and iron for purposes of decoration. But what seems at first to have been a matter of aesthetic taste has in fact a symbolic function, as most of the decorative motifs and the choice of the technique are linked to the kinship system or religious beliefs. The reliquary figures and initiation masks of the Kota and Mbete served both as aide-m moires and as instruments useful in arousing the forces of the netherworld among the Gabonese and Congolese in times past. Together with the Fang byeri and other nkisi punu , they have gradually become the time-honored emblems of a culture paying tribute to ancestral values of the peoples of the African equatorial forest., The Kota people, who live in Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa, have developed an astonishing creativity in representations of their ancestors. Dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylized reality tending toward abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of copper, tin, and iron for purposes of decoration. But what seems at first to have been a matter of aesthetic taste has in fact a symbolic function, as most of the decorative motifs and the choice of the technique are linked to the kinship system or religious beliefs. The reliquary figures and initiation masks of the Kota and Mbete served both as aide-mémoires and as instruments useful in arousing the forces of the netherworld among the Gabonese and Congolese in times past. Together with the Fang byeri and other nkisi punu , they have gradually become the time-honored emblems of a culture paying tribute to ancestral values of the peoples of the African equatorial forest.
LC Classification Number
N7399.G252
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- 9***l (1)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI expected the textbook pictured. However, the picture is wrong but the written description is correct (my bad for not reading it). I returned it and got my refund quickly without issues. I took a picture of the workbook I received which was in good condition.
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