Bibliograph

Guro, masks, performances, and master carvers in Ivory Coast, Eberhard Fischer ; fieldwork in association with Hans ... Himmelheber [and others]

Type

Label

Guro, masks, performances, and master carvers in Ivory Coast, Eberhard Fischer ; fieldwork in association with Hans ... Himmelheber [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-518)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Guro

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191856229

Responsibility statement

Eberhard Fischer ; fieldwork in association with Hans ... Himmelheber [and others]

Sub title

masks, performances, and master carvers in Ivory Coast

Table Of Contents

Habitat, society and culture -- Religious ideas and cults -- Divination methods -- Cultural expressions of artistic thought: Apparel, body decoration, and hairstyles -- Aesthetic terms and concepts -- Mask-beings, wooden masks, maskers, and mask performances -- Semi-sacred mask-beings -- Entertainment masks -- Master Carvers: Role of wood-carvers in Guro culture -- Wood-carving techniques -- Early masters -- Living sculptors -- Commercial sculptors -- Production of counterfeit masks -- Wood sculpture and artistic equipment

Contributor

Creator