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The scramble for art in Central Africa / edited by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim.
Fine Arts Library N7399.C6 S39 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic)--Collectors and collecting.
- Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic).
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- Art.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and America from the Congo toward the end of the 19th century--and that became the subjects of museum displays. They also discuss the complex and sensitive issues involved in the business of "collecting", and consider how these objects were used in the invention of Africa by the West. 29 photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521583497
- 052158678X
- OCLC:
- 36458024
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