The seventy-plus carved objects from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presented in this book have something remarkable in common: They are permeated with the powers of magic and sorcery, and are believed to be inhabited by the spirits of nature and the ghosts of ancestors.
Selected with great care by Patric Didier Claes, a Belgian expert in African art, the works are from the Kingdom of Luba, at the source of the Congo, and the Kingdoms of Kongo and Teke. Each sculpture is identified, indexed, meticulously described, placed in context, and pinpointed as an example of the particular carving style of a specific workshop.
Text in English and French.
- ISBN10 8874396546
- ISBN13 9788874396542
- Publish Date 15 July 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country IT
- Imprint Five Continents Editions
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language French