[Download] Smashing Pots: Works of Clay from Africa
▲ Nigel Barley ▲
| #1988756 in Books | Smithsonian | 1994-08-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.00 x9.00 x.50l, | File Name: 1560984198 | 168 pages |
||From Library Journal|Considering the ubiquitous presence of pottery in Africa, a comprehensive survey of the ceramic traditions of Africa translated into English is long overdue. This book does not and is not intended to meet that need. Rather, it is an introdu
The making and breaking of pots is a central ritual in African society. To smash a pot is to mark the end of something, whether virginity, incest or life itself. In "Smashing Pots", Nigel Barley surveys the role of pottery in traditional and modern Africa, the technologies it calls into play and the extraordinary aesthetic effects it achieves. He shows how pottery is used in cultural thought and how it reflects, in Africa, important ways of thinking about human bodies a...
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