[BUNDU - SANDE]. IMPERATO, Gavin and Pascal-James. Bundu: So - Lot 34

[BUNDU - SANDE]. IMPERATO, Gavin and Pascal-James. Bundu: Sowei Headpieces of the Sande Society of West Africa. The Imperato Family Collection. New York, QCC Art Gallery and Kilima House Publishers, 2012. In-4 paperback, illustrated cover. 177 pages, numerous b&w photographs in the text, text in English, two-column printing. Cover very slightly scratched and faded. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in New York in 2012, devoted to Bundu masks, a symbol of the feminine ideal within the Sande society of Liberia and Sierra Leone. The book begins with extensive historical documentation on the Sande society, illustrated with maps and photographs, then presents a catalog of 94 masks from the Imperato family collection, all illustrated and accompanied by a descriptive note. A fine copy.