Celebration, a world of art and ritual / [sponsored by] Office of Folklife Programs and Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art
1982, 1st Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #340105
ISBN: 0874744334
Physical description: 214 pages: illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Notes: "Published on the occasion of an exhibition ... presented at the Renwick Gallery, March 17, 1982-June 26, 1983"--Copr. page. Contents: Foreword / S. Dillon Ripley -- Objects speak -- Elements of Celebration: Masks -- Costumes -- Sound and music -- Dancing -- Feasting and drinking -- Retelling myth and history -- Games and sports -- Rites of passage: Birth and initiation -- Courtship and marriage-- Death -- Shrines and altars -- Religious celebrations -- Celebrations of increase -- Celebrations of the polity. Subjects: Smithsonian Institution. Festivals; Exhibitions. Rites and ceremonies; Exhibitions. Ritual Exhibitions. Folk arts Catalogues. Genre: Catalogue. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.
Price: €12.95