A carved Loango tusk : local images and global connections / John M. Janzen, editor.

"This volume features a late 19th century carved ivory elephant tusk from the Loango coast of Equatorial Africa given to the University of Kansas in 2004 by Susan and Wolfgang Hamburger of St. Joseph, Missouri. The volume incorporates the papers of a 2005 mini-conference held at the University of Ka...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; no. 24.
Corporate Authors: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
Other Authors: Janzen, John M.
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology, [2009], ©2009.
Series:University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; no. 24.
Subjects:
Hamburger, Wolfgang > Art collections.
Hamburger, Susan > Art collections.
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
Ivory carving > Africa, West > Congresses.
Ivories > Africa, West > Congresses.
Ivories > Kansas > Lawrence > Congresses.
Elfenbensarbeten > Västafrika.
Art > Private collections.
Ivories.
Ivory carving.
West Africa.
Kansas > Lawrence.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Genre:
Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:69 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.
Format: Government Document Book
Contents:
  • From Loango to Lawrence : first encounter with the Hamburger ivory carving / John M. Janzen
  • Situating the Hamburger Loango ivory in Kansas African collections / John M. Janzen
  • Imagery, carvers and consumers : investigating carved Loango tusk sculptures / Nichole N. Bridges
  • The social context of Loango ivories / Watt MacGaffey
  • The Lemba trading association as seen in the Rymar ivory / John M. Janzen
  • The Hamburger family and its carved ivory : from Zabrze, Poland to St. Joseph, Missouri / Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen
  • Latkes and the Hamburger ivory / S. Daniel Breslauer.