Radiance From the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  
  Acknowledgments,                                                 ix
  Prologue: Conducting Research into Mende Art,                    xi
  1. Mende History and Culture: A Brief Overview,                   1
  2. The Sande Society,                                            13
  3. Kpanguima: The World of Beauty That Sande Makes,              45
  4. Physical and Metaphysical Aspects of Mende Feminine Beauty,   81
  5. Sowo: The Good Made Visible,                                 153
  Conclusions,                                                    245
  Glossary,                                                       249
  Selected Bibliography,                                          253
  Note on Illustrations,                                          271
  Index,                                                          273