25 x 31 cm, 368 pages
175 colour illustrations
Hardcover with jacket
ISBN 9788874398645
US $ 115.00 | Can $ 162.00 | £ 90.00 | € 100.00
French edition also available
ISBN 9788874398638
KIFWEBE
A CENTURY OF SONGYE
AND LUBA MASKS
François Neyt, with texts by Allen F. Roberts,
Kevin D. Dumouchelle, Woods Davy,
and H. Kellim Brown
Photographs by Alan Shaff er
Over the past few years, the Kifwebe mask
has increasingly attracted the attention
of art historians and anthropologists.
This book provides fresh insight into the art
of the Songye and the Luba through
the study of the stunning Woods Davy
Collection. It off ers a thorough survey
of the history and the many styles adopted
by these peoples, as well as an exploration
of their use of animal imagery
and the nature of their cosmogony.
© Alan Shaffer