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Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0226777324 . KB8...xxvii, 348 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. 8 colour plates, 110 texts figures. Oblong octavo. Black dust jacket with photo of Khoshi Mahumbu dancing the mask Mbangu. DJ has very minor shelf wear, few faint finger marks, otherwise clean and nice. Book itself is crisp and clean. Beautiful copy of this important work. "Masks play an important part in the life of the Pende, as with many Central African peoples. Strother has produced an in-depth scholarly study of Pende masquerade traditions, especially during and following the colonial experience. What makes the book notable is Strother's focus on creativity and the processes of artistic innovation, which the author contends have kept those masking customs vital. While much of the research is based on the contemporary situation, a precolonial and early-colonial art history is also incorporated as an…
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Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende Hardcover - 1998
by Z. S. Strother
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- Title Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende
- Author Z. S. Strother
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 376
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 1998-03
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226777320 / 0226777324
- Weight 2.56 lbs (1.16 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.63 x 1.4 in (23.50 x 16.84 x 3.56 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Aesthetics, African, Masks, Pende
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97016344
- Dewey Decimal Code 391.434
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