African designs of the Congo / by Caren Caraway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caraway, Caren.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

International design library

The International design library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Themes, motives.

Decoration and ornament.

Decoration and ornament--Themes, motives.

Themes, motives.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

48 unnumbere pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm.

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Owings Mills, Maryland : Stemmer House, ©1986.

Summary:

Carved and linear designs taken from ceremonial and utilitarian objects.

Notes:

"A Barbara Holdridge book"--Title page verso.

"The abstract masks of the Bakwele, the hollowed-out fetishes of the Bakongo, the naturalistic female carvings of the Baluba, who gave women high status, the bieri boxes of the Pangue tribes and many other rich design sources are depicted here in superb drawings to inspire all who are interested in art, crafts and African culture."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has stamp of Pyramid Bookstore ... Washington, D.C.

ISBN:

0880450835

9780880450836

OCLC:

21079761