Dealing with the devil: meaning and the marketplace in Makonde sculpture.

From: African Arts | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

In 1970 the Grosvenor Gallery in London exhibited "Makonde Sculpture," a collection of ebony wood carvings produced mostly by Mozambican migrants living in Tanzania. Writing on the exhibition, Dennis Duerden protested that although those he facetiously identified as "authorities" on African art had praised the work, 

   [t]hey have not produced any evidence 
   ... that [modern Makonde 
   sculpture] serves any purpose in 
   the traditional framework of African 
   religion. Perhaps these sculptures 
   represent spirits, but they are 
   not used as vehicles for spirits to 
   ...

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