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008 960304s1995 gw 000 0 eng d
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020 $a3791314262
020 $a379131386X (German ed)
020 $a2711831094 (French ed)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm35252681
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035 $a(NNC)1860607
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245 00 $aAfrican seats /$cedited by Sandro Bocola ; with essays by Ezio Bassani [and others].
260 $aMunich :$bPrestel,$c1995.
300 $a200 pages ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aBibliography: p. 196-199.
505 00 $tIntroduction /$rSandro Bocola --$tThrough Western Eyes /$rSandro Bocola --$tConcerning African Objects /$rLorenz Homberger and Piet Meyer --$tAfrican Furniture between Tradition and Colonization /$rRoy Sieber --$tEarly Evidence of African Seats /$rEzio Bassani --$tThe Small Grandfather Chairs of the Gere /$rHans Himmelheber --$tAsante Stools --$tMaps of Africa --$tPlates with introductory texts /$rLorenz Homberger.$tSudanese Savannah and Coast of Guinea.$tCameroon.$tCentral Africa.$tEast and Southern Africa --$tCatalogue /$rAndrea Knecht Oti-Amoako.
520 $aAfrican seats have exceptional sculptural power; and they range from items incorporating carved figures to extraordinarily abstract forms of a minimalism astonishing even by Western standards. No other non-European culture can lay claim to such a variety of seats.
520 8 $aAlongside a multitude of stools and backrests for everyday use and unique to a particular group, one finds ritual seats decorated with symbolic representations, ceremonial stools and the partly European-inspired chairs of the heads of families, tribal princes and kings.
520 8 $aDrawing on over 170 examples, this book offers a survey of the seats of sub-Saharan Africa, an integral part of a traditional culture that is already disappearing. The various essays by noted ethnologists address the cultural histories and aesthetics of African seats and other objects, as well as their regional characteristics. In addition, there is a wealth of photographic evidence documenting the use of seats and their original contexts, both past and present.
650 0 $aSeating (Furniture)$zAfrica$xHistory$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aChairs$zAfrica$xHistory$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aStools$zAfrica$xHistory$vPictorial works.
700 1 $aBocola, Sandro,$d1931-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95014948
700 1 $aBassani, Ezio.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79060368
852 80 $bglx$hIn Process
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