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Illustrated catalogue of carved West African (Nigeria, Liberia, Mali, Congo, Upper Volta, Togo) fetish figures and masks exhibited alongside carved paddles, drums and amulets from New Guinea all collected during the 1950's.  62 items are illustrated in b&w plus eight pages of high quality colour plates.  A short introduction precedes the illustrations pointing out the influence of such 'primitive' art on the likes of Picasso, Braque and Brancusi.  Large format paperback.  44 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3104

£ 14.95

Douglas Newton

The Museum of Primitive Art

Good

Paperback

1969

Region: Africa

Theory & Practice: Ethnography

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