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Eternal ancestors : the art of the Central African reliquary

Title
Eternal ancestors : the art of the Central African reliquary / edited by Alisa LaGamma ; with contributions by Barbara Boehm ... [et al.].
Publication
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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Additional Authors
  • LaGamma, Alisa.
  • Boehm, Barbara Drake.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Description
xi, 355 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.); 29 cm.
Subject
  • Sculpture, Central African (Central Africa) > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, Black > Africa, Central > Exhibitions
  • Reliquaries > Africa, Central > Exhibitions
  • Ancestral shrines > Africa, Central > Exhibitions
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 2, 2007-Mar. 2, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342) and index.
Contents
Eternal ancestors : the art of the Central African reliquary / Alisa Lagamma -- Of ancestors and earth spirits : new approaches for interpreting Central African politics, religion, and art / Kairn Klieman -- The Western historiography of African reliquary sculpture / Louis Perrois -- Ancestor veneration in Central Africa / Elias K. Bongmba -- "To learned people this may seem to be full of superstition" : reliquary sculpture in the medieval Christian tradition / Barbara Boehm -- The body eternal : the aesthetics of Equatorial African reliquary sculpture / Alisa Lagamma.
Call Number
Sc F 08-709
ISBN
  • 9781588392275 (Metropolitan Museum of Art : hc)
  • 1588392279 (Metropolitan Museum of Art : hc)
  • 9781588392282 (Metropolitan Museum of Art : pb)
  • 1588392287 (Metropolitan Museum of Art : pb)
  • 9780300124095 (Yale University Press : pb)
  • 0300124090 (Yale University Press : pb)
LCCN
2007028958
OCLC
154689036
Title
Eternal ancestors : the art of the Central African reliquary / edited by Alisa LaGamma ; with contributions by Barbara Boehm ... [et al.].
Imprint
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
LaGamma, Alisa.
Boehm, Barbara Drake.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc F 08-709
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