Mande Potters and Leatherworkers
Art and Heritage in West Africa
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2001
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (Verlag)
978-1-56098-950-9 (ISBN)
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (Verlag)
978-1-56098-950-9 (ISBN)
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Explores the complex relationships among the identities of Mande craftspeople, the objects they create and the technologies they use. This book also examines their role in the rise and fall of empires, the development of trans-Sahara trade networks, questioning the one tribe, one style interpretations that have dominated West African art studies.
Among the Mande-speaking groups dispersed throughout much of West Africa, certain artists - including potters and leatherworkers - form a spiritually powerful social class in which gender determines craft specialization. Ceramic water jars and cooking pots are made by the wives and female relatives of blacksmiths. Leather objects such as knife sheaths, amulet cases, and, more recently, western-style shoes and bags are produced by male leatherworkers. While these objects display features common to those of other West African groups, the manner in which they are produced has remained distinctly Mande. In Mande Potters and Leatherworkers, Barbara E. Frank explores the complex, shifting relationships among the identities of Mande craftspeople, the objects they create, and the technologies they use. She examines their role in the rise and fall of empires, the development of trans-Sahara trade networks, and the spread of Islam, questioning the "one tribe, one style" interpretations that have dominated studies of West African art.
She also discusses the pride that potters take in their healing and spiritual knowledge and the sense of difference between the craftsmen who specialize exclusively in leatherworking and those who double as bards and musicians. Lavishly illustrated with nearly two hundred color and black and white images of tools, techniques, craftsmen, and crafted objects, Mande Potters and Leatherworkers both displays the beauty of Mande art and illuminates seldom-seen technological and social aspects of its art history.
Among the Mande-speaking groups dispersed throughout much of West Africa, certain artists - including potters and leatherworkers - form a spiritually powerful social class in which gender determines craft specialization. Ceramic water jars and cooking pots are made by the wives and female relatives of blacksmiths. Leather objects such as knife sheaths, amulet cases, and, more recently, western-style shoes and bags are produced by male leatherworkers. While these objects display features common to those of other West African groups, the manner in which they are produced has remained distinctly Mande. In Mande Potters and Leatherworkers, Barbara E. Frank explores the complex, shifting relationships among the identities of Mande craftspeople, the objects they create, and the technologies they use. She examines their role in the rise and fall of empires, the development of trans-Sahara trade networks, and the spread of Islam, questioning the "one tribe, one style" interpretations that have dominated studies of West African art.
She also discusses the pride that potters take in their healing and spiritual knowledge and the sense of difference between the craftsmen who specialize exclusively in leatherworking and those who double as bards and musicians. Lavishly illustrated with nearly two hundred color and black and white images of tools, techniques, craftsmen, and crafted objects, Mande Potters and Leatherworkers both displays the beauty of Mande art and illuminates seldom-seen technological and social aspects of its art history.
Barbara E. Frank is an associate professor of art history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the coeditor of Status and Identity in West Africa: Nyamaka-law of Mande (1995).
Chapter 1 1. More Than Objects Chapter 2 2. The Place of Pots Chapter 3 3. Beyond the Fringe Chapter 4 4. The Technology of Mande Pottery Chapter 5 5. The Technology of Mande Leatherwork Chapter 6 6. Mande Potters: Numumosow Chapter 7 7. Mande Leatherworkers: Garankew and Jeliw Chapter 8 8. Artistry, Cultural Choices, and Heritage
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.2001 |
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Verlagsort | Washington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 207 x 274 mm |
Gewicht | 765 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-56098-950-5 / 1560989505 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-56098-950-9 / 9781560989509 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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