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African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva / by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda.

Title
African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva / by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda.
Author
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, 1956-
Publication
Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Kecskési, Maria.
  • Vajda, László.
  • Vajda, László, 1923-
  • Gabriel, John William.
  • Collection Barbier-Müller
  • Haus der Kunst München
Description
36, 287 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 32 cm.
Summary
African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Uniform Title
Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf. English
Alternative Title
Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf.
Subject
  • Collection Barbier-Müller > Exhibitions
  • Masks > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, Black > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Exhibitions
  • Wood-carving > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Exhibitions
  • Art, African > Exhibitions
  • Masks, African > Exhibitions
  • Wood sculpture, African > Exhibitions
  • Masks > Switzerland > Geneva > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • "This book was first published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich (February 14-April 27, 1997), Kunsthalle Bielefeld (May 15-August 3, 1997), Banque générale du Luxembourg (September 1-October 20, 1997), Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium (May 29-September 13, 1998), and the Fondation Bismarck, Paris (Fall 1998)"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German by John William Gabriel.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Acknowledgements / Jean Paul Barbier -- Preface / Christoph Vitali -- Map of ethnic groups -- "I am not myself" / Maria Kecskési and Lázló [sic] Vajda -- Plates / with notes by Iris Hahner-Herzog -- Catalogue: 248 masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection.
ISBN
3791318063
OCLC
  • 38877383
  • SCSB-10048680
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library