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The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozambique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masqueradi...

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Main Author: Israel, Paolo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Series:New African histories series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozambique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masquerading tradition throughout the twentieth century. Based on field research spanning seven years, this study shows how mapiko has undergone continuous reinvention by visionary individuals, has diversified into genres with broad generational appeal, and has enacted historical events a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (349 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821444863
0821444867
9780821420881
0821420887

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