First-time presentation of more than a hundred works of art from one of the most prestigious ethnological museums in Europe, the Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam (today's Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam).
Published by Rizzoli, New York, NY
1988 English edition, ISBN 0-8478-0959-5 Editor: Suzanne Greub Essays and commentaries by 46 experts (see list below) 248 pages with 104 colour and 24 black-and-white illustrations 23,5 x 31,5 cm
Introductory essays: Erna Beumers, Suzanne Greub, Reinhold Hohl, Felix A. Valk, Alit Veldhuisen-Djajasoebrata, René Wassing
Collaborating experts:
Africa
Marie-Louise Bastin, Arthur P. Bourgeois, Herman Burssens, Michael W. Conner, William J. Dewey, Till Förster, John M. Janzen, Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen, Barbara C. Johnson, Carolee G. Kennedy, Frederick Lamp, François Neyt, Keith Nicklin, Tamara Northern, Louis Perrois, Bertil Söderberg, Miklós Szalay
Oceania
William H. Davenport, Anthony Forge, Jean Guiart, Dieter Heintze, Susanne Holzknecht, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Simon Kooijman, Douglas Newton, Frank A. Norick, Markus Schindlbeck, Siegfried Seyfarth, Pieter ter Keurs, Deborah Waite, Clara B. Wilpert
Indonesia
Jan B. Avé, Matthias Laubscher, M. Marpaung, Wolfgang Marschall, Clémentine H.M. Nooy-Palm, Urs Ramseyer, Susan Rodgers, Reimar Schefold, Kurt Tauchmann
