Vanderstraete, Anne and Francois Neyt: The world of Songye. 2022. 416 pages, 300 colour and black & white illustrations. Hardback. 31 x 25cms. A study of Songye statues, masks, ornaments, accessories and weapons, including previously unpublished photographs of pieces both from museums and private collections. The first volume contains 25 essays in 5 sections, giving an introduction to the world of Songye, looking at their geography, culture, cosmogony, religious rituals, and early Western explorations of the land. Also examining Songye sculpture, workshops, and styles from the Ilande, Milembwe, Eki, Sanga and Nsapo-Nsapo kingdoms, and the Northern and Eastern Songye country, the anonymous masters of the craft from the Muyemba, Lubao, Lusangay, and Lusambo regions, thirteen Songye effigies from the Frans Olbrecht collection, and two Songye figures in the National Museum of African art. In volume 2, 19 essays discuss the aesthetics and symbolism of Songye statuary, Central African Mutwoom (witchcraft), Songye bestiary and the animal elements of their sculpture, blacksmith culture in the Songye and the Luba, Nkishi statuary, Bifwebe masks, the mask held at the Museum der Kulturen in Basel, mankishi nail figures, the 'De la Lindi Fetish' statue, the collectors Father Constant de Deken, General Gaston Heenen, agronomist Karel Plasmans, and dealer Allan Stone, and the artworks of the Baluba, the Bekalebue, the Bena Mpasa, and the Bena Ki tribes. The third volume is a detailed inventory of the works.
A study of Songye statues, masks, ornaments, accessories and weapons, including previously unpublished photographs of pieces both from museums and private collections. The first volume contains 25 essays in 5 sections, giving an introduction to the world of Songye, looking at their geography, culture, cosmogony, religious rituals, and early Western explorations of the land. Also examining Songye sculpture, workshops, and styles from the Ilande, Milembwe, Eki, Sanga and Nsapo-Nsapo kingdoms, and the Northern and Eastern Songye country, the anonymous masters of the craft from the Muyemba, Lubao, Lusangay, and Lusambo regions, thirteen Songye effigies from the Frans Olbrecht collection, and two Songye figures in the National Museum of African art. In volume 2, 19 essays discuss the aesthetics and symbolism of Songye statuary, Central African Mutwoom (witchcraft), Songye bestiary and the animal elements of their sculpture, blacksmith culture in the Songye and the Luba, Nkishi statuary, Bifwebe masks, the mask held at the Museum der Kulturen in Basel, mankishi nail figures, the 'De la Lindi Fetish' statue, the collectors Father Constant de Deken, General Gaston Heenen, agronomist Karel Plasmans, and dealer Allan Stone, and the artworks of the Baluba, the Bekalebue, the Bena Mpasa, and the Bena Ki tribes. The third volume is a detailed inventory of the works
VAN CUTSEM - VANDERSTRAETE, Anne (sous la direction), NEYT, François (avec la collaboration de)
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Bruxelles: Fonds Mercator, 2024 3 vol. in-4, 580 pages, 500 illustrations. Rel. d'éd. sous emboîtage. Etat neuf. Avec des contributions de François Neyt, Bernard de Grunne, Alexis Maggiar, Kevin Dumouchelle, Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, Henrich Schweizer, Bernard Cuisin, Constantin Petridis, Hans Himmelheber, Karel Timmermans, Lance Entwistle, Victor Teodorescu, Susan Kloman, Dieter Buchhart. Ouvrage de référence sur l'art Songyé.
L'univers Songyé. (Bruxelles: Fonds Mercator, 2024) [M.C.: Art africain, Congo (RDC), Songye]
CUTSEM VANDERSTRAETE (Anne), Henrich SCHWEIZER, Jacques CUISIN, François NEYT..
Reference : 9399
(2025)
Bruxelles, 2025, 3 volumes sous coffret (275 pages. 240 pages. 63 pages.).
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van CUTSEM-VANDERSTRAETE Anne (dir.), NEYT François.
Reference : 31907
ISBN : 9789462303348
Bruxelles,2024 Fonds Mercator Coffret contenant 3 volumes reliés, nombreuses photographies couleur. 30,4 x 34
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