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Overview"With dramatic colour and black-and-white photographs of 93 pieces of art, """"Spirit Eyes, Human Hands"""" introduces the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. In the traditional view of many Africans, the spiritual and temporal worlds depend upon each other for companionship and material well-being. As the inhabitants of either realm cross and recross their world boundaries, art objects function as intimate links between the two domains, allowing both spirit and human to see and to manipulate each other. This work specifically addresses the role of the art object - a bowl from Cameroon, a mask from Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone, an ancestral altar from Nigeria, a fertility figure from Ghana - as a medium through which each world gains entrance into the other. Poynor's essay presents each work in its geographic and cultural context. Line drawings and abundant field photographs enhance the text and support the idea that objects assist communication between two worlds." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robin Poynor , Roy SieberPublisher: University Press of Florida Imprint: University Press of Florida Dimensions: Width: 18.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 26.10cm Weight: 1.008kg ISBN: 9780813013251ISBN 10: 0813013259 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 January 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |