A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection - Donna Page (Author)

The central African country of Cameroon is a land whose geographic and cultural diversity is equaled only by the wide variety of its dynamic art and artifacts. This catalogue presents, in fine color photographs and informative text, art from all parts of Cameroon, in all its manifestations. Included among more than 200 objects are: figurative and architectural sculpture; masks, costumes, hats and jewelry; pipes; vessels of varied materials; stools, chairs and beds; weapons and musical instruments; 20th Century historical paintings; and a model canoe.Particularly striking is the attention to utilitarian objects, as well as, to religious and ceremonial art. This challenges the reader to redefine traditional categories of art and to appreciate all aspects of this country’s exuberant and vital artistic corpus. The catalogue includes, for example, a great variety of seldom seen Grassfields prestige hats splendid in their bright colors and rich materials. Notable’s weapons and shields also d