Elephant. The Animal and its Ivory in African Culture.

Gutes Exemplar; der farb. illustr. Einband etwas berieben u. m. minimalen Lagerspuren. - Englisch. - Mit sehr vielen farbigen Illustrationen; vorwiegend Fotografie. - Aus der Bibliothek von Dr. H. J. Kolo� vormals V�lkerkundemuseum Berlin. - INHALT : PREFACE. ----- MAPS OF AFRICA. ----- IMAGINING ELEPHANTS: AN OVERVIEW Doran H. Ross. ----- Interleaf I. IVORY TRUMPETS. ----- THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN ITS ENVIRONMENT Jeheskel Shoshani. ----- Interleaf II. ELEPHANT HUNTERS. ----- PROBOSCIDEANS, HOMINIDS, AND PREHISTORY John A.Van Couvering ----- Interleaf III. GLASS PAINTINGS FROM SENEGAL. ----- TALKING (GRAY) HEADS: ELEPHANT AS METAPHOR IN AFRICAN MYTH AND FOLKLORE DonaldJ. Cosentino. ----- Interleaf IV. IVORY BANGLES. ----- SAMABA: THE ELEPHANT IN BAMANA ART ----- E2 Interleaf V. ELEPHANTS ON THE ROCKS. ----- OF PACHYDERMS AND POWER: IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ART OF CENTRAL COTE D'IVOIRE Philip L. Ravenhill. ----- Interleaf VI. ELEPHANT RlDERS. ----- MORE THAN MEETS THE EYEI ELEPHANT MEMORIES AMONG THE AKAN ----- Doran H. Ross. ----- Interleaf VII. LOANGO IVORIES. ----- THE ELEPHANT AND ITS IVORY IN BENIN Barbara Winston Blackman Interleaf VIII. DlSGUISED AS ELEPHANTS. ----- IMAGE AND INDETERMINACY: ELEPHANTS AND IVORY ----- AMONG THE YORUBA Henry John Drewal. ----- Interleaf IX. URBAN ELEPHANTS. ----- THE IGBO: PRESTIGE IVORY AND ELEPHANT SPIRIT POWER ----- Herbert M. Cole. ----- Interleaf X. STAFFS, SCEPTERS, AND WHISKS. ----- ELEPHANTS, IVORY, AND CHIEFS: THE ELEPHANT AND ----- THE ARTS OF THE CAMEROON GRASSFIELDS Christaud M. Geary ----- Interleaf XI. FON ELEPHANTS. ----- ELEPHANTS, IVORY, AND ART: DUALA OBJECTS OF PERSUASION ----- Rosalinde G. Wilcox. ----- Interleaf XII. CLOTH ELEPHANTS. ----- THE TEETH OF NYIM: THE ELEPHANT AND IVORY IN KUBA ART ----- David A. Binkley. ----- Interleaf XIII. AFRO-PORTUGUESE IVORIES. ----- THE STAMPEDING OF ELEPHANTS: ELEPHANT IMPRINTS ----- ON L.EGA THOUGHT Elisabeth Cameron. ----- Interleaf XIV. LUBA ELEPHANTS. ----- IVORY FROM ZARIBA COUNTRY TO THE LAND OF ZINJ ----- Sidney Littlefield Kasflr. ----- Interleaf XV. THE ELEPHANTS OF WILSON MWANGI. ----- UNDER THE GUN: ELEPHANTS IN ETHIOPIAN PAINTING ----- Girma Fisseha. ----- Interleaf XVI. IVORY JEWELRY. ----- THE IVORY TRADE IN AFRICA: ----- AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Edward A. Alpers. ----- Interleaf XVII. AN IVORY WORKSHOP IN LIBERIA. ----- THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF IVORY OUTSIDE AFRICA ----- David A. Shayt. ----- Interleaf XVIII. ELEPHANT VICTORIANA. ----- EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF ELEPHANTS, REAL AND IMAGINED ----- Doran H. Ross. ----- REFERENCES CITED. ISBN 0930741269