by University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Cameron, Elisabeth L., Elisabeth Lynn Cameron
Drawing upon diverse sources, including Daniel P. Biebuyck's seminal fieldwork of the 1950s, Elisabeth Cameron investigates the culture and the art of the Lega peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the Lega, art is only created for and used by the Bwami Society. Bwami is a complex organization consisting of multiple levels, and it forms an essential component of the political, social, and religious structure of the Lega.Within Bwami, artworks are used in conjunction with proverb
ISBN: 9780930741877
236 pages
Published: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Fowler Museum at UCLA