This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata , often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie "overseas," although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can bring good fortune in the form of money, and her power increased ...
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This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata , often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie "overseas," although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can bring good fortune in the form of money, and her power increased between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, the era of growing international trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Her name, which may be translated as "Mother Water" or "Mistress Water," is pidgin English, a language developed to lubricate trade. Africans forcibly carried across the Atlantic as part of that "trade" brought with them their beliefs and practices honoring Mami Wata and other ancestral deities.
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Good; Softcover; Moderate shelfwear to the covers with scuffing to two of the corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Small sticker to the first endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 2.1 lbs; Blue covers with illustration of woman holding a snake, and title in white and orange lettering; 2008, Fowler Museum at UCLA; 228 pages; "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas, " by Henry John Drewal.
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Good; Softcover; Covers are moderately shelfworn; Unblemished textblock edges; One small spot-mark to the edge of the last endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); Blue covers with illustration of woman holding a snake, and title in white and orange lettering; 2008, Fowler Museum at UCLA; 228 pages; "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas, " by Henry John Drewal.
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Fine. 0974872997. Small squarish quarto in French wraps, unworn, unread and AS NEW. Traces the " histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. "-back cover Fast shipping; 10.0 X 9.1 X 0.7 inches.
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New. 0974872997. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 228 pp. With 189 ills. (181 col. ). 26 x 23 cm. --with a bonus offer--
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Book. Quarto, 227 pages; G+; softcover; spine blue, with white lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; spine markedly cocked; profusely illustrated in full color and black and white; pages clean. Shelved on Front Table. 1355931. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
