Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-[269])

"... published in conjuction with the exhibition of the same title presented at the Museum for African Art, New York, as an English version of the exhibition catalogue originally published as Arman & l'Art Africain for the exhibition of the same name, conceived by the Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Marseille. The exhibition opened there on June 23 and was on view until October 30, 1996. It subsequently traveled to the Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et Océanie, Paris, December 3, 1996 to February 17, 1997 and to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Museum für Völkerkunde, Cologne, March to August 1997 before coming to New York."--T.p. verso.

"The New York exhibition was funded by the Arman Foundation for Traditional Art."--T.p. verso.