Scramble for art in central africa, the
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521583497
Date de publication :
28 mars 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about the expeditions from Europe and North America to collect African art objects at the turn of the century. It describes fascinating encounters between traders, missionaries, ethnographers and African suppliers, and considers how these objects were used in the invention of Africa by the West.