Art and Oracle African Art and Rituals of Divination [Paperback]

Alisa LaGamma (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000 | ISBN-10: 0300086784 | ISBN-13: 978-0300086782

A complete aesthetic and social examination of fifty representative and diverse African articles created by different cultures to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods.

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• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300086784
• ISBN-13: 978-0300086782
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #692,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book on cross-cultural African divination rituals and ritual tools, June 29, 2008

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This review is from: Art and Oracle African Art and Rituals of Divination (Paperback)

This book offers fascinating information and pictures of little known divinatory tools from cultures across Africa. Whether your interest is art historical, religious, divinatory, cultural or something else entirely, there is information to engage you in this book. The photos are beautiful, and the book's format is large enough so the photos have enough room to shine. As an initiate of one of the New World religions derived from Ifa, I found inspiration in this book as well as information. Seeing the traditional tools of an Ifa diviner was thrilling to me. I recommend this book highly: it is first-rate.