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Sculptures of the Nigerian Middle Belt

Jan Strybol,  Dominique Provost

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English
Stichting Kunstboek BVBA
01 April 2020
Sculpture; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections
The ethnographic literature of the 20th century focused mainly on the sculptural traditions of the numerous ethnic groups that populated Southern Nigeria while the more northern areas remained largely terra incognita. In 2013 Jan Strybol published a study on the sculpture of Northern Nigeria. He pointed out that in many parts of this region there are people who still had, at least until recently, their own sculptural tradition. In this study the author restricted himself to what is referred to as the Middle Belt and especially to the part between the Bauchi Plateau, the Gongola River and the Katsina Ala River. In 1974 Roy Sieber pointed out that, with a few exceptions, the people who were members of the Niger-Congo language family laid the foundations for the great African sculptural traditions south of the Sahara. However, the largest group of iconophile peoples in the Central Middle Belt of Nigeria is to be found in the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

In this book of objects from private collections the author shows the great variety of the sculptures of the Middle Belt. This study mainly deals with wooden figures but also contains four wooden masks and three bronzes.

Text in English and French.

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Presents objects from private collections showcasing the wondrous variety of sculptures from the Nigerian Middle Belt

100 illustrations
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Photographs by:  
Imprint:   Stichting Kunstboek BVBA
Country of Publication:   Belgium
Dimensions:   Height: 280mm,  Width: 210mm, 
Weight:   1.030kg
ISBN:   9789058566294
ISBN 10:   9058566293
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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