Chokwe! : art and initiation among the Chokwe and related peoples /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1998.
Description:	[191] p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports. ; 31 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Art, Chokwe -- Exhibitions. Chokwe (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies -- Exhibitions. Initiation rites -- Angola -- Exhibitions. Initiation rites -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Exhibitions. Initiation rites -- Zambia -- Exhibitions. Art, Chokwe. Chokwe (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Initiation rites. Angola. Congo (Democratic Republic) Zambia. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5603761

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Other authors / contributors:	Jordán, Manuel. Bastin, Marie Louise. Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.) Baltimore Museum of Art. Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
ISBN:	3791319973
Notes:	"Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art and held at the following venues: Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama (November 1, 1998-January 3, 1999), Baltimore Museum of Art (June 13-September 5, 1999), The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (October 24, 1999-January 16, 2000)." Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:

Chokwe arts: wealth of symbolism and aesthetic expression / Marie-Louise Bastin
The king's crowns: hierarchy in the making among the Aruwund (Lunda) / Manuela Palmeirim
Engaging the ancestors: Makishi masquerades and the transmission of knowledge among Chokwe and related peoples / Manuel Jordʹan
Potential and fulfilled woman: initiations, sculpture, and masquerades in Kabompo District, Zambia / Elisabeth L. Cameron
Ngidi and Mukanda initiation rites: forces of social cohesion among the Holo / Niangi Batulukisi
Art, god, and spirit possession in the interpretation of illness among the Luvale and related peoples / Boris Wastiau
The birth of a divination basket / Sonia Silva.

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