书名：Baule Monkeys / 巴乌列猴雕

作者：Jean-Louis Danis, Bruno Claessens

出版：Yale University Press，2016年

装帧：精装，192页

语种：英文

尺寸：23.8*31.2 cm

科特迪瓦鲍勒民族素以精美的面具与人物雕塑闻名于世。

本书首开先河，聚焦鲍勒文化中与之形成鲜明对比的粗犷猴形雕塑。这些承载祭品的猿猴雕像威严慑人，被赋予通灵之力，通过巫师的媒介作用服务于族群。作者通过探究雕塑的创作脉络、形态特征及使用场景，揭示了其运作的文化与仪式语境。

全书配有55余幅整版彩色插图，精美呈现公私机构藏品，同时收录大量首度公开的田野调查照片。这部重要著作将带领读者深入探索非洲雕塑中这一鲜为人知的瑰宝。

The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures.

This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture? rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors sheds light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated.

Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication includes also many unpublished field photographs.