Treasures of Ancient Nigeria

Great Britain: Royal Academy of Arts/Collins, 1982. Catalogue. Treasures of Ancient Nigeria. Date of Exhibition 30 October 1982 - 23 January 1983. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom edge of spine. The magnificent art that is the heritage of Nigeria is now, for the first time, presented to the world beyond Nigeria. One hundred extraordinary works of art in bronze, terracotta, and ivory - works spanning more than two thousand years, from the fifth century B.C., and representing seven cultures - have been selected for exhibition in the United States and Europe and are shown here in 137 photographs, 53 in full colour. The introduction is by Dr. Ekpo Eyo, Director of Nigeria's Department of Antiquities and head of Nigeria's National Museums, and the interpretive text is by Frank Willet, who taught art and archaeology at Oxford and Northwestern universities and was formerly an archeologist for Nigeria's Department of Antiquities and Curator of the Museum of Ife Antiquities. Illustrated. 162 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). 1st Uk Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto. Catalogue.