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01935aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 96407A18E96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 171003s2018 be a bc 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9462302146 020 $a 9789462302143 020 $a 9780300222487 020 $a 0300222483 035 $a (OCoLC)1005105846 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d MZA $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a N7399.C6 $b P48 2018 100 1 $a Petridis, Constantijn. 245 10 $a Luluwa : $b Central African art between heaven and earth / $c Constantine Petridis. 264 1 $a Brussels : $b Fonds Mercator, $c [2018] 300 $a 239 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 31 cm 520 $a Living in the region between the Lubudi and Kasai rivers in south central Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Luluwa people are known for their elaborately carved male and female figure sculptures, masks, and decorative arts. Constantine Petridis draws on first-hand accounts of numerous explorers, missionaries, colonial servants, anthropologists, and art historians who visited the region between the 1880s and the 1970s, to comprehensively situate the Luluwa's ornate art in its original environment of production and use. Through a close study of published and unpublished sources as well as museum objects and archival photographs, this book sheds new light on the historical context of one of central Africa's most spectacular artistic legacies, whose creation presumably dates back to the second half of the 19th century. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index. 650 0 $a Lulua (African people) $v Catalogs. 650 0 $a Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic) $v Catalogs. 650 0 $a Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic) $v Catalogs. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212015236.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96407A18E96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search