The Traditional Artist in African Societies

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1973. Paperback. Good+ (Wraps are toned, scuffed, smudged and edgeworn; textblock is has light smudging; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Orange wraps with b&w illustration and white and black lettering; xxi, 454 pp.; illustrations. Contents include: Yoruba artistic criticism / Robert Farris Thompson -- A Yoruba master carver : Duga of Meko / William Bascom -- The musician in Akan society / J.H. Kwabena Nketia -- The role of the carver in Anang society / John C. Messenger -- A sociocultural view of Hausa musical activity / David W. Ames -- enkyagu as artists in Marghi society / James H. Vaughan, Jr. -- The exposition and imposition of order : artistic expression in Fang culture / James Fernandez -- Aesthetic value and professionalism in African art : three cases from the Katanga Chokwe / Daniel J. Crowley -- The Bala musician / Alan P. Merriam -- Sources of Gola artistry / Warren L. d'Azevedo -- On the sphere of social validity in African art : sociological reflections on ethnographic data / K. Peter Etzkorn -- Art and the anthropological lens / George Mills -- Conceptual problems relating to the comparative study of art / John Ladd -- Approaches to non-Western art / Roy Sieber.