Surfaces on African sculpture

Book Review Author: John Mack

Review of:

Surfaces: Color, Substances, and Ritual Applications on African Sculpture edited by Leonard Kahan, Donna Page, and Pascal James Imperato in collaboration with Charles Bordogna and Bolaji Campbell with an introduction by Patrick McNaughton. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2009. 523 pp., 67 col. Plates, 52 b&w illus., $75.00 hdbk, ISBN 2008029357

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The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa.
This book brings together figurative wood sculptures and ceramic vessels, masks, and elaborate bronze and iron regalia drawn from public and private collections in Europe and the United States, selected to exemplify important typologies within the region, along with many historical photographs.

Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley

The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. A vast region, the Valley extends from the heart of present-day Nigeria eastward to its border with Cameroon, and is home to a large number of ethnic and linguistic groups…

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