Chokwe! : art and initiation among the Chokwe and related peoples / edited by Manuel Jordán with contributions by Marie-Louise Bastin ... [et al].

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.), Baltimore Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Other Authors:	Jordán, Manuel, Bastin, Marie Louise
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1998.
Subjects:	Art, Chokwe > Exhibitions. Chokwe (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Exhibitions. Initiation rites > Angola > Exhibitions. Initiation rites > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Exhibitions. Initiation rites > Zambia > Exhibitions. Art > Angola > Exhibitions. Chokwe (African people) > Social life and customs > Exhibitions.

Table of 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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