Masked Rituals of Afikpo: Context of an African Art

272 Pages·1975·28.477 MB·English

by  Simon Ottenberg

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Index of Art in the Pacific Northwest, Number 9
MASKED RITUALS OF AFIKPO
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2019 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
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Masked Rituals of Afikpo
THE CONTEXT OF AN AFRICAN ART
SIMON OTTENBERG
Published for the Henry Art Gallery
by the University of Washington Press
Seattle and London
’3)1'SIS 42- . 0%1
Masked Rituals of Afikpo was published in
connection with an exhibition shown at the Henry
Art Gallery, University of Washington, May 24-
June 21, 1975.
Copyright © 1975 by the University of
Washington Press
Printed in the United States of America
This project is supported by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts in Washington,
D.C., a Federal agency.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopy, recording, or any information
storage or retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Ottenberg, Simon.
Masked rituals of Afikpo.
(Index of art in the Pacific Northwest; no. 9)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Ibo tribe—Rites and ceremonies. 2. Masks
(Sculpture)—Nigeria. I. Henry Art Gallery.
II. Title. III. Series.
DT515.42.089 731'.75'096694 74-26954
ISBN 0-295-95391-8
The text of this book was set in various sizes of
Linofilm Super-Quick Optima Medium and Bold.
The black and white photographs are reproduced
by offset lithography, 150-line screen with
elliptical dot. Composition and printing by the
Department of Printing, University of Washington.
Color plates printed by Graphic Arts Center and
binding by Lincoln and Allen, Portland, Oregon.
Designed by Audrey Meyer
To J. Chukwu Okoro, Nnachi Eriwo, Nnachi Iduma, Dto Tze,
and Thomas Ibe, who have made this book possible
Index of Art in the Pacific Northwest
1. West African Sculpture by Rene A. Bravmann
2. Barnett Newman: Broken Obelisk and Other
Sculptures by Harold Rosenberg
3. Crooked Beak of Heaven: Masks and Other
Ceremonial Art of the Northwest Coast
by Bill Holm
4. Art of the Thirties: The Pacific Northwest
by Martha Kingsbury
5. Open Frontiers: The Mobility of Art in Black
Africa by Rene A. Bravmann
6. Kenneth Callahan: Universal Voyage edited
by Michael R. Johnson. Introduction by lames
Harithas
7. Imogen! Imogen Cunningham Photographs
7970-7973. Introduction by Margery Mann
8. Walter F. Isaacs: An Artist in America, 7886-
7964 by Spencer Moseley and Cervais Reed
9. Masked Rituals of Afikpo: The Context of an
African Art by Simon Ottenberg