Speaking of objects : African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Art Institute of Chicago (Creator)
Other Authors:	Petridis, Constantijn (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.
Subjects:	Art Institute of Chicago > Catalogs. Art, African > Catalogs. Art > Illinois > Chicago > Catalogs. Art Institute of Chicago. Art. Art, African. Illinois > Chicago. Catalogs.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / James Rondeau
Acknowledgments / Constantine Petridis
Note to the reader
From the object to the field (and back again) : complementary perspectives on African art / Constantine Petridis
Northern Africa and the Sahel. Cat. 1 Of crests, farmers, and antelopes / Pascal James Imperato ; Cats. 2-16 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Pascal James Imperato, and Constantine Petridis
Coastal West Africa. Cat. 17 Of figures spirits, and shrines / Martha G. Anderson ; Cats. 18-50 / Martha G. Anderson, Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Babatunde Lawal, and Constantine Petridis
Central Africa. Cat. 51 Of masks, men, and women / Manuel Jordán ; Cats. 52-67 / Manuel Jordán and Constantine Petridis
Eastern and Southern Africa. Cat. 68 Of pillows, cattle, and curios / Anitra Nettleton
Cats. 69-75 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Anitra Nettleton, Constantine Petridis, and Janet M. Purdy
"One's head is one's creator" : the interconnectedness of word and image in Yòrùbá art / Babatunde Lawal
Map
Works cited
Contributors
Index.