Surfaces : color, substances, and ritual applications on African sculpture

Author(s)

• Kahan, Leonard
• Page, Donna
• Imperato, Pascal James

Bibliographic Information

Surfaces : color, substances, and ritual applications on African sculpture

edited by Leonard Kahan, Donna Page, Pascal James Imperato ; in collaboration with Charles Bordogna, Bolaji Campbell ; with an introduction by Patrick McNaughton

（African expressive cultures）

Indiana University Press, 2009

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Historical background / Leonard Kahan
• Agents of transformation / Donna Page
• Surface symbols : the meanings of color, patina, encrustation, and design on Bamana sculpture / Pascal James Imperato
• Ibeji surface analysis / Charles Bordogna
• Coloring the orisa / Bolaji Campbell
• Surface conditions of wood sculpture / Leonard Kahan
• Compendium of substances / Donna Page

Details

• NCID: BA90605206
• ISBN:
  • 9780253352514
• LCCN: 2008029357
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: 523 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NB1255.A357
  • DC22 : 730.967
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wood sculpture, African
  • LCSH : Coatings
  • LCSH : Art and society -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Art and religion -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69212495