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Lagamma, Alisa; Pemberton, John; Metropolitan Museum Of Art (New York, N. Y.)

 
9780870999338: Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination

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Twenty-eight African cultures are represented here by artifacts created to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods, about such issues as health, conception, and determination of guilt or innocence. Issued in conjunction with an April-July 2000 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, this catalog contains extensive ethnographic, descriptive, and interpretive text in connection with each of 50 pictured pieces, as well as a 13-page essay about divination in Sub-Saharna Africa (by John Pemberton III) and an introductory essay by LaGamma. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Twenty-eight African cultures are represented here by artifacts created to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods, about such issues as health, conception, and determination of guilt or innocence. Issued in conjunction with an April-July 2000 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, this catalog contains extensive ethnographic, descriptive, and interpretive text in connection with each of 50 pictured pieces, as well as a 13-page essay about divination in Sub-Saharna Africa (by John Pemberton III) and an introductory essay by LaGamma. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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9780300086782: Art and Oracle: African Art and the Rituals of Divination (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

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ISBN 10:  0300086784 ISBN 13:  9780300086782
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2000
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