Description
| Product ID: | 9788874399154 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Series: | Visions of Africa |
| Title: | Kuyu |
| Authors: | Author: Anne-Marie Benezech |
| Page Count: | 152 |
| Subjects: | Carvings, masks, reliefs, Carvings: artworks, The Arts: treatments and subjects, Art treatments & subjects, Congo |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In Kuyu, part of the Visions of Africa series, the reader will find a wide range of authentic objects belonging to a traditional Equatorial African culture, as well as a reconstruction of the migration routes that would explain such a seemingly motley collection of objects. The Kuyu are an ethnic group who live in northern Congo-Brazzaville, on the banks of the River Congo, in a part of Equatorial Africa that has remained only marginally influenced by Moslem encroachment and Western colonialism. Kuyu art can be broadly broken down into three styles, the first two — of which there are the fewest examples — are strictly associated with the Kuyu ethnic group, while the third style, which has the largest sculptural component, includes both Kuyu and Mbochi pieces. Among these are a number of statuettes and especially wooden clubs topped with a human head (the most recent being polychrome), known as Kebe-Kebe, which were used in the dance by the same name. This ritual performance has remained faithful to its original function of giving physical expression to the Kuyu cosmogony. |
| Imprint Name: | Five Continents Editions |
| Publisher Name: | Five Continents Editions |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-29 |
