TY - BOOK AU - Spring,Christopher TI - African art in detail SN - 9780674036222 (alk. paper) AV - N7380 .S67 2009 U1 - 709.6 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Art, African KW - Themes, motives N1 - Preface -- 1. What is African art? -- 2. Contemporary art of Africa -- 3. Reveal and conceal : the art of masquerade -- 4. Cloth and culture : African textiles, African people -- 5. Royal art and kingship in western Africa -- 6. Iron and wood, men and women : African sculpture and the art of living -- 7. Power of the hand : tools and weapons from Olduvai to the Tree of Life -- 8. Smashing pots and an ostrich egg : ceramic classics of Africa -- 9. The global phenomenon of Africa -- 10. Further information ER -