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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 148 pp. with index, 67 B/W plates, 47 B/W figures, And 21 full- colour plates. Usual ex-library markings. Navy cloth cover is edge worn especially at spine ends and corners. "This book is concerned with those objects of Bangwa art which make their appearance during the elaborate ceremonies following the death of an adult male or female. These ceremonies known in pidgin English as a cry diora cry, provide opportunities for the innumerable dance societies and cult associations to which Bangwa men and women belong. After a summary account of Bangwa culture, the bulk of the book is devoted to description of a cry performed at the death of a paramount Bangwa chief. A final chapter gives a description, in more detail, of some of the more important groups of sculpture associated with typically Bangwa cult associations. For convenience the commonly used pidgin term for dance society what culture association dash juju, will be used. The Bangwa all also apply this word to art objects, which have any ritual significance. The Bangwa term, although more exact, would have less immediate meaning to an English reader." - Introduction.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 24x18cm, 148pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering on spine. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. VG cloth in a worn DJ. xii, 148 pages, 12 plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm.

Condición: Gut. 160 Seiten Das antiquarische Buch ist gelesen. Der Schutzumschlag ist auf der Rückseite etwas eingerissen und weist leichte Gebrauchs- oder Lagerspuren auf. Ein Rechnungsbeleg mit ausgew. MwSt. liegt der Lieferung bei. O_5.9 9780715605172 . Bei Mehrfachbestellungen bei uns, reduziert sich für Sie der Versandkostenanteil pro Titel. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 623 gebundene Leinen-Ausgabe, mit Original-Schutzumschlag.

[0-8020-1789-4] 1971. (Small 4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 148pp. Map, black & white and color photographs and illustrations, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is reinforced with tape on the inner edges. Publisher series: Art and Society Series. Locale: Cameroon. (Anthropology, Bangwa Peoples--Cameroon, Sculpture--Bangwa).

Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth boards in illustrated jacket. xii, 148 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. VG-/G-. Price clipped jacket has Multiple large chips and closed tears, toning and general wear. Boards are a little dusty where the jacket is missing. Interior clean and unmarked.