ISBN:
0865659621
Language:
English
Pages:
346 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt.
DDC:
730/.089
Keywords:
Musée Barbier-Müller (Genève, Suisse)
;
Collection Barbier-Müller Catalogs
;
Musée Barbier-Mueller
;
Sculpture primitive - Catalogues
;
Sculpture Catalogs
;
Sculpture, Primitive Catalogs
;
Naturvolk
;
Plastik
;
Schweiz
;
Ozeanien
;
Pazifischer Raum
;
Südostasien
;
Indonesien
;
Afrika
;
Bildband
;
Katalog
;
Musée Barbier-Mueller
;
Afrika
;
Plastik
;
Musée Barbier-Mueller
;
Südostasien
;
Plastik
;
Musée Barbier-Mueller
;
Pazifischer Raum
;
Plastik
;
Ozeanien
;
Naturvolk
;
Plastik
;
Indonesien
;
Naturvolk
;
Plastik
Abstract:
The quality and variety of the Barbier-Mueller collection of ethnic sculpture are astonishing, and only the finest pieces were selected for this all-color, oversize book. These striking pieces came from a vast number of small local cultures, of almost infinite variety, from an enormous expanse of the Old World, more specifically from Africa, Indonesia, especially the tribal areas - today known as Irian Jaya and New Guinea. Due to their ritual use, the rigors of tropical climates and the depradations of missionaries and conquerors, fine pieces have always been a rarity, as they were generally linked to the universal requirements of statehood and religion. Some remarkable pieces, however, did make up part of daily life.
