Publisher:
Institute for the Study of Human Issues
Published:
1977
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967465299
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VG but for a hint of fading at spine edge. A clean, tight copy. Orange stapled wraps; black lettering. 41 pp. with occasional bw line drawings. No. 1 in the series Working Papers in the Traditional Arts, edited by Paula Ben-Amos. The series was a forum for the exchange of ideas about the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas and the folk arts of Europe and Asia. A study of the Fang people and their built environments discussed in the larger context of their culture and history, cosmology and legend. The Fang people, also known as Făn or Pahouin, are a Central African ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon. The original version of this working paper...was prepared at the Conference on Traditional African Architecture...September 24-26, 1970, Smithsonian Conference Center, Maryland.
