Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture

Author(s)

• Ross, Doran H.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Bibliographic Information

Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture

Doran H. Ross, editor

Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, c1992

• :hard.
• :soft.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-413)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The elephant is abundantly represented in African culture. In this anthology, 18 scholars pay homage to both the African elephant and African creativity. The elephant's natural history is the starting point for this collection. Other essays discuss the animal's place in religious imagery, local economies and regional cultures. The global appetite for ivory and the consequences of the ivory trade are the focus of two essays and of the epilogue, which also discusses the elephant as an endangered species.

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Details

• NCID: BA2701230X
• ISBN:
  • 0930741250
  • 0930741269
• LCCN: 92073840
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Calif., USA
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 415 p.
• Size: 31 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NK5989
  • DC20 : 730/.096/07479494
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ivories -- Africa,West
  • LCSH : Art and society -- Africa, West
  • LCSH : Ivories -- Ethiopia
  • LCSH : Art and society -- Ethiopia
  • LCSH : Elephants in art
  • LCSH : Elephants -- Africa, West
  • LCSH : Elephants -- Africa, North