Column to volume: formal innovation in Chamba statuary

Afriscopes - the series10 Preface11 Acknowledgements15 List of illustrations19 1 | Introduction - a formal conundrum23 2 | Volumetric statuary - a contemporary inventory27 3 | Chamba under colonial regimes53 4 | Columnar statuary - a historical inventory The Kamerunian collection57 Glauning's contribution 57 Rothe's contribution 63 Frobenius's contribution66 The colonial Nigerian collection70 The Jos Museum collection73 The post-colonial international collection78 The Danubi shrine83 5 | Resume - columnar and volumetric statuary: form and inventory87 6 | Chamba statuary in use91 7 | Volumetric statuary - the innovator and his emulators97 8 | In the African-art-world103 9 | Conclusion - from column to volume ... and back?119 Tables | The Chamba collection125 i | Columnar statuary 126 a Iron-shod columnar statues126 b Freestanding columnar statues134 ii | Volumetric statuary142 Bibliography151 Index155