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The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture,
sculpture, masks, and iron forging This lavishly illustrated book
brings a new approach to the masterpieces of Songye, a Bantu ethnic
group from the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, exploring
the styles of the different regions, the identification of Songye
master artists, and the specificity of Kifwebe masks. Â The
World of Songye displays a large number of unpublished and
specially commissioned photographs of Songye works of art from
private and public collections, and of historic field photographs.
Edited by the unchallenged specialists of the subject with
contributions from ten distinguished writers, World of Songye
analyzes Songye aesthetics and symbols, the Songye representation
of animals and weapons and the history of collecting Songye
artifacts on the field. It also explores the religious and magical
functions and powers of Songye objects and their influence on
modern art, focusing in particular on Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Distributed for Mercatorfonds
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