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Python Spirit on the Baga Coast

- A Scientific and Art Historical Investigation
Af: Frederick John Lamp Engelsk Hardback

Python Spirit on the Baga Coast

- A Scientific and Art Historical Investigation
Af: Frederick John Lamp Engelsk Hardback
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This study of the wooden Serpent figures/headdresses of the Baga people of Guinea is a collaboration by the author, as an art historian, with many contributions from diverse perspectives, including scientists preeminent in their fields, Robert J. Koestler, Roy Sieber, Dennis William Stevenson, Mark T. Wypyski, and Peter J. Zanzucchi.

The text begins with a thorough exploration of the ethnological and art historical evidence for the Serpent masquerade among the Baga of Guinea, bearing an immense wooden serpent figure on top of the head representing a python. Never witnessed or photographed by an outsider, it disappeared in the 1950s along with most ritual performance after an Islamic jihad instated strict prohibitions against indigenous religions. The ritual context is followed by an in-depth analysis of the Serpent masquerade figures now extant in collections in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, as well as other representations of the python in the ritual art of the region. The final sections present the arguments, as a debate, between interested persons in the arts, including art historians, dealers, appraisers, collectors, and curators, and the scientific examinations by specialists in botany, chemistry, physics, entomology, and conservation concerning one particular Serpent figure in question.

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This study of the wooden Serpent figures/headdresses of the Baga people of Guinea is a collaboration by the author, as an art historian, with many contributions from diverse perspectives, including scientists preeminent in their fields, Robert J. Koestler, Roy Sieber, Dennis William Stevenson, Mark T. Wypyski, and Peter J. Zanzucchi.

The text begins with a thorough exploration of the ethnological and art historical evidence for the Serpent masquerade among the Baga of Guinea, bearing an immense wooden serpent figure on top of the head representing a python. Never witnessed or photographed by an outsider, it disappeared in the 1950s along with most ritual performance after an Islamic jihad instated strict prohibitions against indigenous religions. The ritual context is followed by an in-depth analysis of the Serpent masquerade figures now extant in collections in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, as well as other representations of the python in the ritual art of the region. The final sections present the arguments, as a debate, between interested persons in the arts, including art historians, dealers, appraisers, collectors, and curators, and the scientific examinations by specialists in botany, chemistry, physics, entomology, and conservation concerning one particular Serpent figure in question.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9791254600443
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1254600442
Kategori: Guinea
Udg. Dato: 23 jan 2024
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 289mm
Højde: 227mm
Forlag: Five Continents Editions
Oplagsdato: 23 jan 2024
Forfatter(e): Frederick John Lamp
Forfatter(e) Frederick John Lamp

Kategori Guinea

ISBN-13 9791254600443

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 312

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 289mm

Højde 227mm

Udg. Dato 23 jan 2024

Oplagsdato 23 jan 2024

Forlag Five Continents Editions

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