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Radiance from the Waters Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art
by Boone, Sylvia A.
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- ISBN-13: 9780300048612
- ISBN: 0300048610
- Publication Date: 1990
- Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
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The Sande Society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone is a secret female regulatory society that both guards and transmits the ideals of feminine beauty so fundamental to the aesthetic criteria in Mende culture. In this eloquent and moving book, Sylvia Ardyn Boone describes the Society, its rituals and organization, and the mask worn by its members. Her book is an evocative account of Mende life and philosophy as well as a unique contribution to the study of African art, one based on African conceptions about the person and the human body.Boone, Sylvia A. is the author of 'Radiance from the Waters Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art', published 1990 under ISBN 9780300048612 and ISBN 0300048610.
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