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FRANK, BARBARA E. xvi, 192 pp., illus., maps, bibliogr. Washington, London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. [pounds]34.95

Barbara Frank's art history of Mande potters and leatherworkers is a rich and complex analysis that locates these two different and often neglected classes of objects and the artists who produce them within the broader framework of Mande history and cultural heritage. The study decolonizes Mande art history by moving beyond the Western fascination with wooden masks and figures to present an in-depth study of two classes of objects which have for ...