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ubuntu
- Arts et
cultures d'Afrique du Sud
Musée national des
Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
Ubuntu Arts et
cultures d'Afrique du Sud
Musee National des
Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Page
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Ubuntu Arts et cultures
d'Afrique du Sud (Arts and cultures of South Africa) is an important
catalogue of an exhibition that was held at Musee National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie
in Paris during 2002.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Pages
14 & 299
There are approximately 315 colour and 40
black & white photographs featuring beadwork, jewellery, shields, pipes, headrests, dolls, wood
containers, pottery, staffs, spoons and sculptures from various groups such
as the Ndebele, Zulu, Basotho and Tsonga. Objects selected were of
outstanding quality from public and private collections.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - PageS
193 & 195
'Ubuntu' is a poetic concept of
African origin. No
word in English can translate the richness of the images it conjures to its
people.
It refers to the concept of sharing and respect towards humanity. The
exhibition was important in that it revealed the traditional and historical
wealth of Southern Africa to the French and European public. A selection of 200 works from South African museums and private
collections, the exhibition was a discovery of traditional civilization
in South Africa including the Zulus, but also other less well-known cultures.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Pages
273 & 261
It is divided into six
sections: Une terre chargée de mémoire (A loaded memory), which recalls the
ancient settlements of the region and presents gold and a fifth century
terracotta Lydenburg
head.
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237 & 153
Contacts et conflits
(Contact and conflicts)
includes lances, shields, clubs and axes that evoke periods of conflict
during the 18th and 19th centuries
of South Africa.
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201 & 169
Autorité et pouvoir (Authority and power)
includes status objects such as staffs and ceremonial axes used by not only
the chief or king, but also other members of
the community such as herbalists, the Rainmaker or sorcerer.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Pages
110 and 351
Le sacré dans le quotidien
(The sacred
in daily life) exhibits objects used in daily life that are a reflection of
a much-codified social organization.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Pages
211 & 223
Se rapprocher des ancêtres
(Closer to
ancestors) brings forward such objects associated with tobacco, dagga and
snuff, through the role of pipes, as well as misinformation about the role
of headrests facilitating communication with the ancestors.
Ubuntu - Arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud - Page
337
Expressions des
identités individuelles et collectives (Expressions
of individual and collective identities) is the final section which shows
the assortment and importance of beads in different ethnic groups, which
were a sign of social status.
Price: $140.00
plus postage. (moisture damage between some pages)
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