This volume Africa Tribal Art features over 200 masks, figures and ritual objects from Western, Equatorial and Central Africa, providing insight into the artistic works of many ethnic groups such as the Bamana, Senufo, Yoruba, Songye or Luba.Edition Schulte Weiss, 2006; 264 pp.; EN / FR / GE; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 98,00 Voor/Our Price € 44,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 54 %
Southern African textures are an inspiration - the corrugations of bark are replicated in the iron on squatter shacks; the matted grass provides a roof and helps define the look of safari lodges; animal horns now in ceramic, plastic or wire a.o.Quivertree, 2008; EN; ills. col; hbhb € 42,50
This book preserves the images of cultural identities in Asia. Avoiding studied composition, the photographer's eye of Polain has been guided by a momentary shaft of light on faces or by the charm of tribespeople retaining their traditions.Snoeck, 2004; 119 pp.; EN / FR; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 40,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
From the Collection of Paul LinAsian puppet theatre is a treasure house of Asian grassroots religious culture, history, ethics and entertainment. The charm and exquisite craftmanship of the beautiful puppets from this collection leaps out from the pages of this book.Thames and Hudson, 2009; 322 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbhb € 36,95
Darstellungen prunkvoller Hofzeremonien zeugen vom Reichtum und der historischen Bedeutung des westafrikanischen Konigreiches Benin. Die vorliegende Band gibt den derzeit umfassendsten Uberblick uber Kunst und Kultur.Snoeck, 2007; 533 pp.; GE; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 69,50 Voor/Our Price € 34,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 50 %
Taking its imagery largely from the world of fashion, where African and European cultural themes have often been intermingled, this exhibition catalogue focuses on how race and culture interactions often revolve around the desire for the exotic.Ludion, 2005; 136 pp.; EN / NL; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 40,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 68 %
The Book of Babel celebrates the creative confusion of the world's languages as they interact in overheard echoic words, muddled popular etymologies, and the mythic misunderstandings among cultures far apart in space and time.Univ. of Iowa; 310 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 22,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Exploring the relationship between social life and artistic expression since the 19th century in one of the most important art-producing regions of Papua New Guinea, this book offers a presentation of painted and carved ancestor boards, masks, drums a.o.Hood Museum, 2006; 104 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 40,00 Voor/Our Price € 15,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
For more than 5 centuries the shamanic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. In this book Kang explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society.Columbia, 2005; 269 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 44,95 Voor/Our Price € 12,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 71 %
Drawing on a wealth of history and anthropology, the author uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. She demonstrates that mass festivities have long been central to the Western tradition.BOMC, 2006; 320 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 26,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Dit boek schetst een poetisch beeld van het leven van de Chinese geleerde of literaat. Het dagelijks leven van deze geletterde kunstenaars, die met inkt en penseel meesterwerken hebben voortgebracht, wordt geevoceerd aan de hand van voorwerpen.Mercatorfonds, 2009; 232 pp.; NL; ills. b/w & col; pbpb € 39,95
Much of Balinese architecture -pavilions, palaces, village squares, and even modern homes and resorts- celebrates the concept of gathering. This book explores these gathering places, seen in 300 color photographs of interiors.Cavendish, 2005; 287 pp.; EN; full-col; hbVan/List Price € 56,50 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 73 %
As a boy of 12, Jan Yoors left his Belgian home to live and travel with a tribe of Gypsies. He learned and participated in the rituals of the Romani. This book brings together Yoors' photographs and excerpts from his memoir.Monacelli, 2004; 159 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
With hundreds of crisp colour photos and intelligently written text that reaps the benefits of the author's thirty years of research, The History of Beads documents bead styles and uses in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Far East.Thames and Hudson, 2006; 364 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pbpb € 24,95
The witch in history was a very different creature in the popular mind from her modern counterpart. Focusing on the ideological, cultural and legal concepts, this book sets out to explore the historical background to the witchcraft phenomenon.Pocket Essentials, 2007; 144 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 18,90 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
Inspired by his family's long tradition of storytelling -We have this gift says his father, Protect it and it will protect you-, Shah frames his search for identity with traditional Arabian tales, but also with the stories of the men who tell them.Bantam, 2008; 388 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 24,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Mensenwerk, grappenmakerij of een boodschap van een buitenaardse beschaving. De verhalen die over graancirkels de ronde doen, lenen zich uitstekend voor een etnologische benadering. Meder heeft getuigenissen en waarnemingen opgetekend.Salome, 2006; 416 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 12,50 Voor/Our Price € 5,00Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This in-depth and heavily illustrated exploration of wayang includes its roots in Indian culture, its artistic aspects and themes, and encyclopedic glossaries of characters, places, and terms.Times Editions, 2005; 360 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 49,95 Voor/Our Price € 16,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 66 %
Dolls that dance, dolls that protect, dolls that charm - these beautiful gourd dolls do that and more. Packed with images of dolls, the authors explain how to choose a gourd, mould one as it's growing, pyrograph and sculpt faces, create movable joints.Sterling, 2007; 224 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 31,95 Voor/Our Price € 12,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Burkina Faso has 12 traditional tribal cultures. And each has its Nabaas, its leaders. Burton's luminous b/w images, each as formal as any state portrait, show these traditional chiefs and kings in the full glow of their power.Snoeck, 2005; 88 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
The lower valley of the Omo, at the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan, is home to the Surma and Mursi tribes, who share a taste for body painting and extravagant decorations borrowed from nature.Thames and Hudson, 2008; 167 pp.; EN; ills. col; pbpb € 24,99
When P.T. Barnum called for representatives of all the uncivilized races in existence in 1882, two family groups of Australian aborigines were shipped to the US. They were trained to perform as cannibals. The story of their performing careers and more.Yale, 2004; 302 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 38,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Michael Heide was passionate collector of traditional West African art. This catalogue describes 70 ceremonial masks and other religious items from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali and Cameroon.Fine Arts Museum SF; 95 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Dit boekje probeert een evenwichtig beeld te geven van de historische ontwikkeling van shinto. Zo wordt duidelijk welke maatschappelijke rollen die de heiligdommen en hun goden door de tijden heen in de Japanse samenleving hebben gespeeld.Salome, 2004; 98 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 15,20 Voor/Our Price € 5,00Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
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