Revealing the mbusa as art the role of Bente Lorenz Deborah A. Hoover
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Object Details
- author
- Hoover, Deborah A.
- Subject
- Lorenz, Bente Influence
- Mubanga, Paulina
- Yombwe, Agnes N'Gambi
- Cover title
- Illustrations on unnumbered leaves
- Manuscript draft for paper accepted by journal African Arts and appearing in vol. 33 (3), autumn 2000
- AFA copy 39088016284036 includes cover letter from author to Dr. Roslyn A. Walker, director, NMAA, dated 21 October 1998.
- AFA copy 39088016284036 includes cover letter from author to Dr. Roslyn A. Walker, director, NMAA, dated 21 October 1998
- AFA copy 39088016284036 includes plastic sleeve with 10 slides
- Summary
- Zambian artists Agnes Yombwe and Paulina Mubanga, inspired and encouraged by master potter Bente Lorenz, have created mbusa sculptures and installations of the kind associated with Bemba women's initiation and marriage ceremonies
- 1998
- Type
- Projected graphics
- Physical description
- 29 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm + 10 slides (5 x 5 cm) in plastic sleeve (28 cm)
- Place
- Zambia
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Chisungu (Ritual)
- Clay figurines
- Women artists
- Women, Bemba--Rites and ceremonies
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Record ID
- siris_sil_963055
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
