Bernard De Grunne
Forfatter af The Birth of Art in Africa: Nok Statuary in Nigeria
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La poterie ancienne du Mali : quelques remarques préliminaires = Frühe Gefässkeramik aus Mali : einige… 2 eksemplarer
Ancient Terracottas From West Africa 1 eksemplar
La statuaire en terre cuite du delta intérieur du Niger au Mali = Figürliche Terrakotten aus dem Gebiet des… 1 eksemplar
La statuaire en terre cuite du delta intérieur du Niger au Mali = Figürliche terrakottan aus dem Gebiet des… 1 eksemplar
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Collection Marceau Rivière — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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I picked this up because the price dropped and it has sat on my wish list for some time. This book had its genesis in show of Nok pieces in Luxembourg (of all places!) in 2000/2001.
I doubt there is anyone on Libarything with a similar interest in West African terracottas, much less anyone that will encounter my review. Nevertheless, I found the book useful for its discussion of Katsina and Sokoto pottery. This book classifies Katsina and Sokoto style terracottas as subsets of a larger Nok culture and provides helpful photographs illustrating the subsets to provide a visual reference for the classification. There also was a helpful discussion on TL testing and Carbon 14 dating as it relates to Nok pottery. Like other books on the Nok, relatively little is known about the culture so this is not a large book. I thought The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago by Gert Chesi to be a better overview of the subject and also showing a broader array of Nok terracotta. However, for classification purposes The Birth of Art in Africa was more useful.… (mere)