IVORY COAST - Lot 92

IVORY COAST [Collective work by 12 authors] Art of the Ivory Coast, Volumes 1 and 2. Exhibition catalog, Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, 1993. 2 volumes, hardcover with cloth binding, laminated dust jacket, glued cardboard slipcase. Volume 1: 422 pages, 466 color and black-and-white illustrations, 3 maps. Volume 2: 232 pages, 316 color illustrations, 10 maps. This catalog focuses on the objects of a region home to more than 60 ethnic groups. The objects used in rituals and the instruments of worship have undergone changes in their form, and often in their function as well. But these rituals and forms of worship are inextricably linked to the ethnic identity of individuals, who are bound by ancestral rules. (minor flaws, slipcase slightly soiled)