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African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda

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African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva

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catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

38877383

Responsibility statement

by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda

Summary

African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements / by Jean Paul Barbier -- Preface / by Christoph Vitali -- Map of ethnic groups --"I am not myself" / by Maria Kecskési and Lázló [sic] Vajda -- Plates / with notes by Iris Hahner-Herzog -- Catalogue: 248 masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection -- Bibliography -- Index of ethnic groups

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