PALACE SCULPTURES OF ABOMEY: HISTORY TOLD ON WALLS.(Review)(Brief Article)

Black Issues Book Review | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

PALACE SCULPTURES OF ABOMEY: HISTORY TOLD ON WALLS by Francesca Pique and Leslie H. Rainer with Jerome C. Alladaye Rachida de Souza-Ayari and Suzanne Preston Blier The Getty Conservation Institute February 2000, $45.00, ISBN 0-892-36869-2

At first glance, it may appear that this is an art book that focuses on the bas-reliefs found on the walls of the palaces of the Dahomey royal dynasties. However, the authors actually trace the development of Dahomey from the 13th through the 20th centuries when the name of the country was first changed to the People's Republic of ...

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