Author: (Brooklyn Museum of Art).
Title: African Masks: Brooklyn Museum of Art 2001 Calendar.
Description: Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, (2000). (2000). - A 13 inch high by 12 inch wide quarto-sized illustrated calendar, with 12 full-page color illustrations of African masks displayed in the museum's exhibition. Fine in the original shrink wrap. "For five thousand years and more, masks have played a central part in the ceremonial life of Africa. Their functions are complex and diverse; masks play a part in birth celebrations and funerals, initiations of young people into adulthood, and rituals to protect against witchcraft. They are intercessors with the world of spirits, teachers of social values, and sometimes simple providers of diversion." [Quoted from the rear cover]. Fine .

Keywords: ART; ILLUTRATED; AFRICAN MASKS; BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART CALENDAR 2001; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; YEARLY CALENDAR.


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