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Yaka

Power Figures


  • Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
This book presents the entire range of Yaka ritual sculptures. The Yaka people live in the southwestern Congo. These objects played a significant role in the daily life of Yaka society after they were ritually charged with power substances. Moreover, these sculptures provided direct access to the supernatural powers of important ancestors and spirits. Every statue exhibits full force, monumentality, expressivity and originality as well as admirable abundance of shapes and forms.

ISBN 9783960984900 | E/ G | HB
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Publisher Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
ISBN 9783960984900
Publication date February 2019
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 305 x 235 mm
Illustrations 206 col.ill.
Pages 168
Language(s) Eng./ Germ. ed.
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This book presents the entire range of Yaka ritual sculptures. The Yaka people live in the southwestern Congo. These objects played a significant role in the daily life of Yaka society after they were ritually charged with power substances. Moreover, these sculptures provided direct access to the supernatural powers of important ancestors and spirits. Every statue exhibits full force, monumentality, expressivity and originality as well as admirable abundance of shapes and forms.

Yaka

Yaka

€68.00