SACRED OBJECTS, SECRET OBJECTS - Lot 204

SACRED OBJECTS, SECRET OBJECTS Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye Departmental Museum (Isère), exhibition from June 13 to October 17, 1993. Exhibition catalog devoted to ritual, protective, and funerary objects from cultures in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The book explores the connections between beliefs, religious practices, and representations of the afterlife through a selection of sculptures, masks, ritual objects, and ethnographic accounts. Richly illustrated in color, it reflects the growing interest in non-Western art within French institutions during the 1990s. Description: Quarto, paperback. Numerous color illustrations. Exhibition catalog. In good overall condition with slight signs of wear.