Peter Stepan & Iris Hahner

This book presents a selection of the most important African masks found in major museums and renowned private collections around the globe; an overview such as has never been compiled in this way before. An introductory essay elucidates the conceptual intricacies and varying functions of the masks and sweeps away deep-rooted misunderstandings.

Enlightening commentaries offer background information about the function and origins of each mask's use within the ethnic groups from which they originate, and a foldout map places them in their original geographical context.

186 pages, Hardcover, Full Color, © 2005
Order Number: CB2576...........$60.00