Afro-Portuguese Ivories. Photographs by W. & B. Forman.
London
by Fagg, W. P.
London: Batchworth Press, n.d. Folio, illus. covers, gilt letters, XXV, followed by 46 plates with accompanying descriptions. Near-Fine with fading to edges in a torn dust jacket. ‘The Deputy Keeper of the Department of Ethnolography in the British Muesum presents, in these pages, a revealing study of a hybrid art form which has been comparatively little analysed. The British Museum collection of ivories produced by African craftsmen to Portuguese orders is probably the largest in the world, and covers a wide range of styles and subjects. The author gives a general description of the pieces, provides a not on each illustration, and relates the ivories to the whole corpus of African art.’ (Inventory #: 4443s)