Bundu, Sowei headpieces of the Sande society of West Africa : the Imperato family collection / Gavin H. Imperato, Pascal James Imperato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imperato, Gavin H., 1980-

Contributor:

Imperato, Pascal James

QCC Art Gallery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperato family--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Imperato family.

Masks--Private collections--Africa, West--New York--Exhibitions.

Masks.

Mende (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Mende (African people).

Masks--Private collections.

Art museums.

West Africa.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xxi, 177 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bayside : Kilima House Publishers, 2012.

Summary:

A companion to a 2012 exhibition at the Queens Community College Art Gallery of the City University of New York, the volume contains a catalogue of the 95 pieces on display, and essays on various accounts of the masks and their use in public activities of women's societies since the first European contact. Among the topics are accounts of the Portuguese, descriptions of the Sande Society in the 17th and 18th centuries, comments of some 19th-century travelers into the interior of Sierra Leone, Sande in the new millennium, and invariance and innovation in the Sowei headpiece. There is no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Historical documentaion of the Sande Society. Accounts of the Portuguese. Antonio Fernandes. Pedro da Sintra. Duarte Pacheco Pereira. Alvise da Cadamosto. Alvaro Velho ; Overview of early European descriptions of the Sande Society. General comments. Valentim Fernandes. André Alvares d'Almada. Baltasar Barreira ; Seventeenth and eighteenth century descriptions of the Sande Society. Olfert Dapper and John Barbot. John Matthews. Thomas Masterman Winterbottom, M.D. ; Evidence of absence or absence of evidence concerning Sande Society masks at the end of the eighteenth century ; Nineteenth century Christian missionary encounters. George Thompson. Joseph May. C.F. Schlenker. United Brethren in Christ missionaries. The "1869" Prince Momolu Massaquoi mask ; Comments of some nineteenth century travelers into the interior of Sierra Leone ; The first documentation of helmet mask use in Sande Society ceremonies in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Johann Büttikofer. Thomas Joshua Alldridge. Harry Hamilton Johnston. Alphonso Sylvester Lisk-Carew ; Other observations in the early decades of the twentieth century. Swiss travelers and collectors. Northcote Thomas. Frederick William Hugh Migeod. T.W. Butt-Thompson. Milton Augustus Margai. Kenneth L. Little. Guy Massie-Taylor

Sande through the postmodern lens

Sande in the new millennium

The Sande Society : power, beauty, and female agency. Overview of the Sande Society ; Sande initiation initiation and circumcision ; Sande Society organization ; Sande masks ; The sculpting of masks ; Sande masquerade

The Sowei headpiece : invariance and innovation. Hairstyles ; Neck rings ; Janus representations ; Birds and snakes ; Aquatic creatures ; Amulets and talismans ; Flaps ; Sculpted horns ; Prestige symbols ; Cooking pots ; Cowrie shells ; Aesthetics ; Gonde and Gongoli masks ; The naming of masks ; Sande medicine heads

The Humoi, Gongoli, Gbetu, and Njagba masquerades, and the Poro Tasso figure. The Humoi Society masquerade ; The Gongoli masquerade ; The Gbetu masquerade ; The Njagba masquerade ; The Poro Tasso figure

Catalogue of headpieces.

Notes:

"This publication accompanies an exhibition held at the QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, Bayside, New York, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781936658107

1936658100

OCLC:

768728881