African Art – Ivan Bargna Superprijs

This book showcases art of sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence of a great variety of artistic traditions, which can be traced back to broad historic and geographical areas and to ethnic or tribal groups. These art objects were rarely created solely for pleasure, so to fully appreciate their meaning, it is necessary to relate them to the forms of life, societies, and religious beliefs that led to their creation or use.–From book jacket.