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Gutes Exemplar; Einband stw. mit geringen L�ren; einige Seiten lose. - Englisch. - Vorwort Jan K. Muhlert. - INHALT : Acknowledgments ----- Foreword Betty and Max Stanley ----- Preface Christopher D Roy ----- Maps ----- Catalog ----- Western Sudan ----- Guinea Coast ----- Equatorial Forest ----- Southern Savannah ----- Selected Bibliography ----- Index of Styles. - . I have followed the long-standing convention in grouping the sculpture of the Punu and Lumbo under the name "Ogowe River Style." In this case, the individual styles of these groups are so difficult to distinguish that we are forced to use a more general "regional style" name. I have also used other geographical features in designating style areas, such as the widely accepted "Cameroon Grasslands Style" and the "Benue River Style" (or "Benue basin"). Finally, I have broken the precedent set by previous studies of the sculpture of Nigeria and have grouped many of the styles of the basin of the Benue, including the Jaba, Chamba, Mumuye, Mama, and Mambila, with styles of other ethnic groups in the Western Sudan. In terms of climate, geography, culture, and sculptural styles the Benue basin is related much more closely to groups to the west than to groups to the south, in the forests of southeastern Nigeria. . (C. D. Roy)