The artist in tribal society : proceedings of a symposium held at the Royal Anthropological Institute / edited by Marian W. Smith.
Contributor(s): Smith, Marian Wesley
| Royal Anthropological Institute | Museum of Primitive Art (New York)
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Proceedings of a symposium held at the Royal Anthropological Institute 16-17th October, 1957.
Bibliography: p. 137-146.
Contents: 1st session. The artist and his art in Australian Aboriginal society / Charles P. Mountford; Art in an Aboriginal society: a comment / Herbert Read. 2nd session. The tribal artist and the modern museum / David Crownover; The Sicilian cart: origins of a western European folk art / Dorothy Leadbeater; Origin of the korvar style of Dutch New Guinea / Leonhard Adam; The artist in tribal society: the Northwest Coast / Harry B. Hawthorn. 3rd session. The artist in New Ireland society / Phillip H. Lewis; The artist in New Ireland society: a comment / Hortense Powdermaker; The artist in New Ireland society: a second comment / Edmund R. Leach; Artist and critic in an African society / Paul Bohannan; The artist in Nigerian tribal society: a comment / K.C. Murray. 4th session. Perspective from Africa: summary of proceedings / Willaim Fagg; Themes of discussion: summary of proceedings / Edmund R. Leach; A personal point of view: summary of proceedings / Herbert Read.