Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400 – 1900
First edition: frontispiece,187 pages, profusely illustrated - chiefly in colour, grey cloth boards, a very good copy in the dust jacket.
Editor’s note: 'Over 600 years ago, the Akan started to make brass weights for weighing gold dust, the currency of their region in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Eventually they produced the most complete three dimensional inventory of any culture in history.
The artist Tom Phillips has over the last thirty years built up the most comprehensive collection of these artefacts in the world . A selection of more than 500 of these artefacts chosen for their artistry and interest are included in this book
- Overall Condition: A very good copy
- Size: 8vo (240 x260m)
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