"Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art and held at the following venues: Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama (November 1, 1998-January 3, 1999), Baltimore Museum of Art (June 13-September 5, 1999), The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (October 24, 1999-January 16, 2000)." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chokwe arts: wealth of symbolism and aesthetic expression / Marie-Louise Bastin -- The king's crowns: hierarchy in the making among the Aruwund (Lunda) / Manuela Palmeirim -- Engaging the ancestors: Makishi masquerades and the transmission of knowledge among Chokwe and related peoples / Manuel Jordʹan -- Potential and fulfilled woman: initiations, sculpture, and masquerades in Kobompo District, Zambia / Elisabeth L. Cameron -- Ngidi and Mukanda initiation rites: forces of social cohesion among the Holo / Niangi Batulukisi -- Art, god, and spirit possession in the interpretation of illness among the Luvale and related peoples / Boris Wastiau -- The birth of a divination basket / Sonia Silva.
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