Fétiches et objets ancestraux d'Afrique - Claes Didier; Neyt François; Dubois Hughes
African fetishes and ancestral objects
KORTE INHOUD
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, meticulo
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2013Uitgever: 5 Continents EditionsIllustrator: Hughes Dubois259 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 8874396546ISBN-13: 9788874396542Koop dit boek tweedehands
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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, meticulou...
