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Art of the Lega, Drawing upon diverse sources, including Daniel P. Biebuyckís seminal fieldwork of the 1950s, Elisabeth Cameron investigates the culture and the art of the Lega peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the Lega, art is only created for and us, Art of the Lega
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  • Art of the Lega
  • Written by author Elisabeth Lynn Cameron, Los Angeles University of California, Fowler Museum of Cultural History Staff
  • Published by Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S., 2002/05/01
  • Drawing upon diverse sources, including Daniel P. Biebuyckís seminal fieldwork of the 1950s, Elisabeth Cameron investigates the culture and the art of the Lega peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the Lega, art is only created for and us
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Forewords 10
Preface: The Collector's Perspective 12
Acknowledgments 28
Introduction 30
Pt. 1 Introduction to the Lega and Layered Metaphors 33
Ch. 1 The Lega and Their Environment 34
Ch. 2 The Bwami Society 40
Ch. 3 Rhetoric, Metaphor, and Mpala 48
Ch. 4 Artists and Aesthetics 62
Ch. 5 The Public and the Secret 68
Pt. 2 Visual Vocabulary 85
Ch. 6 Found, Assembled, and Utilitarian Objects 86
Ch. 7 Animal Figures 106
Ch. 8 Human Figures 116
Ch. 9 Lega Masks 178
Conclusion: The Mythical versus the Real 220
Appendix 224
Endnotes 226
References Cited 229


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