Bibliograph

Face of the spirits, masks from the Zaire Basin, editors, Frank Herreman ; Constantijn Petridis ; photography, Dick Beaulieu ; with contributions by M.-L. Bastin [and others]

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Face of the spirits, masks from the Zaire Basin, editors, Frank Herreman ; Constantijn Petridis ; photography, Dick Beaulieu ; with contributions by M.-L. Bastin [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Face of the spirits

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

30001168

Responsibility statement

editors, Frank Herreman ; Constantijn Petridis ; photography, Dick Beaulieu ; with contributions by M.-L. Bastin [and others]

Sub title

masks from the Zaire Basin

Table Of Contents

Face of the spirits / Frank Herreman -- Masks among the Kongo peoples / Raoul Lehuard -- An introduction to Nkanu and Mbeeko masks / Alphonse Lema Gwete -- Masks and masking among the Yaka, Suku and related peoples / Arthur P. Bourgeois -- Pende mask styles / Constantijn Petridis -- The akishi spirits of the Chokwe / Marie-Louise Bastin -- Material and formal aspects of copper masks from the Upper Kasai / Rik Ceyssens -- The practice of metal application to African masks / Elze Bruyninx -- Masks among the Kuba peoples / Joseph Cornet -- The Kifwebe masking phenomenon / Dunja Hersak -- Sout-east Zaire : masks of the Luba, Hemba and Tabwa / François Neyt -- Masks and initiation among the Lega cluster of peoples / Daniel P. Biebuyck -- The animal in us : the ubiquitous zoomorphic masking phenomenon of eastern Zaire / Marc Leo Felix -- Mask styles and mask use in the north of Zaire / Herman Burssens -- Zairian masking in historical perspective / Jan Vansina

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