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Book Description
Based on the largest collection of southeastern African art outside of South Africa, this book focuses on the pastoral and nomadic distinctiveness of southern African art. The objects illustrated and cataloged include walking and fighting sticks, milking pails, headrests, wooden food platters, snuff containers, and the ornamental and useful adornments that double as combs and snuff spoons. How these personal objects that saw practical daily use were enmeshed in a complex network of spiritual and symbolic associations is clearly described. A visual feast and an important textual reference, this book will appeal to historians, artists, and collectors alike.
About the Author
Sandra Klopper teaches at the University of Stellenbosch and is the author of The Zulu Kingdom. Karel Nel is an associate professor in the department of fine arts at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His expertise is in the value systems encoded in African, Oceanic, and Eastern art.
The Art of Southeast Africa,Karel Nel,Kevin Conru,Sandra Klopper,5 Continents Editions,8874390017,Africa, Southern,African,Architecture,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Art, African,Catalogs,Design & Drafting,England,Private collections,Design
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