Guide to the benin collection at the penn museum
Auteur :
Curnow, Kathy
Éditeur :
University Museum Publications
ISBN :
9781949057195
Date de publication :
31 janv. 2025
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 0,8 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This guide examines America's oldest collection of Benin art, and one of its least published. Ivory, brass, and wooden art from one of the greatest African precolonial states, the only sub-Saharan polity with 500 years of surviving art, are examined through contextual lenses that provide insight into the Edo people's creativity and world view.