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Rene Bravmann. Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa. London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1974. xii + 190 pp. Maps, plates, bibliography, index. $14.95 - Phillip J.C. Dark. An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1973. vi +144 pp. [+ 80 pp. plates]. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $27.25 - Dennis Duerden. African Art. An Introduction. New York: Hamlyn, 1974. 51 pp. Illustrations, map. $3.95 paper - Daniel F. McCall and Edna G. Bay, eds. African Images. Essays in African Iconology. New York: Africana Publishing Co., 1975. xiii + 326 pp. [+ 64 pp. plates] . Illustrations, bibliography, notes. $35.00 - Simon Ottenberg. Masked Rituals of Afikpo. The Context of An African Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1975. 229 pp. [+ 8 pp. plates]. Maps, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. $25.00

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Rene Bravmann. Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa. London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1974. xii + 190 pp. Maps, plates, bibliography, index. $14.95
Phillip J.C. Dark. An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1973. vi +144 pp. [+ 80 pp. plates]. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $27.25
Dennis Duerden. African Art. An Introduction. New York: Hamlyn, 1974. 51 pp. Illustrations, map. $3.95 paper

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2017

Daniel P. Biebuyck
Daniel P. Biebuyck*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware
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ASA Review of Books , Volume 4 , 1978 , pp. 68 - 72
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1978

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References

1 See P. Ben-Amos, African Arts (1974).

2 For example, Thompson, R.F., Black Gods and Kings. Yoruba Art at UCLA (Los Angeles: Museum of Ethnic Arts, UCLA, 1971)Google Scholar; African Art in Motion: Icon and Act in the Collection of Katherine Corytin White (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1974).

3 Smith, M.W., The Artist in Tribal Society (London: 1961)Google Scholar; d'Azevedo, W.L., The Traditional Artist in African Societies (Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press, 1973)Google Scholar.