Mande Potters and Leatherworkers: Art and Heritage in West Africa by Barbara E. Frank

Mande Potters and Leatherworkers: Art and Heritage in West Africa

Barbara E. Frank

192 pages paperback

1 edition

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Among the Mande-speaking groups dispersed throughout much of West Africa, certain artists -- including potters and leatherworkers -- form a spiritually powerful social class in which gender determines craft specialization. Ceramic water jars and c...

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