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Informationen zum Autor Marla C. Berns is director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Richard Fardon is professor of West African anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Sidney Littlefield Kasfir is professor of African art history at Emory University. Other contributors include Joerg Adelberger, Gassia Armenian, Jean Borgatti, John Boston, Mette Bovin, Barbara Frank, Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Helene Joubert, Nancy Neaher Maas, John Picton, Susan Picton, Arnold Rubin, Constanze Weise, and John C. Willis. Klappentext Marla C. Berns is director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Richard Fardon is professor of West African anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Sidney Littlefield Kasfir is professor of African art history at Emory University. Other contributors include Joerg Adelberger, Gassia Armenian, Jean Borgatti, John Boston, Mette Bovin, Barbara Frank, Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Helene Joubert, Nancy Neaher Maas, John Picton, Susan Picton, Arnold Rubin, Constanze Weise, and John C. Willis. "[The book is] far more than the usual sumptuously produced exhibition catalogue it represents an important collection of cutting-edge scholarship located at the intersection of African art history, history and anthropology. This book is a landmark in the history of African visual and material culture." -John Parker, "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" Zusammenfassung Brings together figurative wood sculptures and ceramic vessels! masks! and elaborate bronze and iron regalia selected to exemplify important typologies within the Benue River Valley
