Sleeping Beauties: The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African Headrests at UCLA [Feb 01, 1993] Dewey, William J.; McCallum, Toshiko M.; Feldman, Jerome and Cosentino, Henrietta

Sleeping Beauties: The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African Headrests at UCLA

Arts & Photography

University of California, Los Angeles Fowler Museum of Cultural histor

Feldman, Jerome

McCallum, Toshiko M.

Dewey, William J.

Cosentino, Henrietta

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ of California Museum of

This fascinating and very accessible book describes the excavation of three royal tombs of the Moche, a civilization that flourished on the north coast of Peru between A.D. 100 and 800. The tombs, which contained extraordinary gold and silver jewelry and ceremonial attire, are the richest ever excavated archaeologically in the Western Hemisphere. The detailed accounts of the tombs and methods of excavation will be useful for scholars, but the authors have made the non-specialist reader their primary audience. A skillfully designed format and fold-out pages are helpful in relating tomb artifacts to text descriptions. Providing an exemplary view of an ancient culture, the Sipn tombs have had a profound impact on our understanding of Moche civilization.

Royal Tombs of Sipan = Tumbas Reales de Sipan

Donnan, Christopher B.

Alva, Walter

Visions of Africa: The Jerome L Joss Collection of African Art at UCLA

Ross, Doran H.

Gift of the Cotton Maiden: Testiles of Flores and the Solor Islands

This volume explores the cultural history and lore of African headwear - from spectacular hats for special events to informal everyday examples - and the vital role such headwear plays in reinforcing societal norms, announcing important rituals, recalling historical events, and celebrating an individual's achievements. The human head is traditionally held by African cultures to be the seat of individual power, spirit, and intelligence. Through this examination of African headwear, notions of status and accumulation in the Lega and Kuba societies are compared, and connections between Africa and the Americas are explored. The history, manufacturing technology, symbolism, and provenance of 12 hats are examined in depth.

Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head

History

Arnoldi, Mary Jo

Kreamer, Christine Mullen

Americas

This volume explores the cultural history and lore of African headwear - from spectacular hats for special events to informal everyday examples - and the vital role such headwear plays in reinforcing societal norms, announcing important rituals, recalling historical events, and celebrating an individual's achievements. The human head is traditionally held by African cultures to be the seat of individual power, spirit, and intelligence. Through this examination of African headwear, notions of status and accumulation in the Lega and Kuba societies are compared, and connections between Africa and the Americas are explored. The history, manufacturing technology, symbolism, and provenance of 12 hats are examined in depth.

History & Criticism

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou

This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists, scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of Haitian Vodou from multiple perspectives. Among the many topics covered are the ten major Vodou divinities: Vodou's roots in the Fon and Kongo kingdoms of Africa and its transformation in the experiences of slavery, and the encounter with European spiritual systems; Vodou praxis, including its bodily and communal disciplines, the cult of St. James Major (Ogou), and the cult of twins. In the final section, essays by Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick Polk, Tina Girouard, and Randall Morris look at Vodou arts and artists, Oleyant, and the legacy of ironworker Georges Liautaud. The Envoi, by Donald J.Cosentino, is devoted to the Gedes, spirits of death and regeneration.

Religion & Spirituality

This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together 16 essays by scholars, artists, and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of Haitian Vodou from multiple perspectives. Among the many topics covered are the 10 major Vodou divinities, the paintings of Hector Hyppolite, the multimedia pieces of Pierrot Barra, sequined bottles and sequined flags, and the work of the Brooklyn Priestess Mama Lola.

The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama

The remarkable arts and culture of the Kuna of Panama are accessible as never before in this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated volume. From the familiar reverse appliqued molas to music, dance, and verbal arts, the Kuna live their values and bind their people together. This focus and strength has helped them to resist outside forces and maintain their culture and self-determination in the face of peoples and governments far more powerful.

Politics & Social Sciences

Salvador, Mari Lyn

Social Sciences

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