Authority and Ornament. Art of the Sepik River
Basel: Tribal Art Center, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 217pp. Original illustrated boards with white lettering on spine. Vignette on half-title. Frontispiece photograph. Catalog of the traveling exhibition starting at the Tribal Art Center in Basel, 1985. Profusely illustrated with 16 captivating color photographs and 191 b/w reproductions of artifacts presented with descriptive catalog; some maps and plans. Includes texts by Suzanne Greub, Christian Kaufmann, Meinhard Schuster, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin, Christian Kocher Schmid, and bibliography. Binding rubbed with light shelf wear and bump at lower right corner of cover. Blind stamp on title page. Block with light age-toning. Binding in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. vg. Item #35137
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