Zimbabwe: Art, Symbol and Meaning
Zimbabwe: Art, Symbole et Sens
214 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
256 PAGES
24.5 X 31 CM
PUBLISHED BY 5 CONTINENTS EDITIONS, ITALY
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Over 200 images in the book transport the reader into a rich cultural landscape, of social values. Values that were critical to society, yet suppressed through a hundred years of colonial history.
From the interiors and exteriors of homes to ancient ruins of cultural citadels, art and its objects spoke through a thousand years of history.
From headrests to divining dice, medicine containers, ceremonial axes, daggers and staffs, musical instruments, snuff containers, beadwork, pottery, textiles, basketry, stools and containers, the multiple objects of daily life and ceremony carried the symbols of a shared worldview.