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The Making of Bamana Sculpture describes both the techniques and the rituals used by Bamana blacksmiths in Mali, West Africa, when they carve sacred sculpture. Chronicling the process of decision-making that results in a commission, it provides a detailed account of the carving process and also analyses the meaning of this process. Sarah Brett-Smith demonstrates that Bamana sculptors compare the process of producing a ritual object both to sexual intercourse and to childbirth. Her study details how Bamana sculptors become 'great' artists, how this process requires a shift from a 'male' to a 'female' gender identity, and why the Bamana believe that the ambitious artist must make tragic sacrifices to win renown.

Bambara (African people) --- Sculpture --- Sculpture, Bambara --- Wood-carving --- Bambara (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Sculpture Bambara --- Sculpture sur bois --- Religion --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Sculptors --- Sculpture, Bambara. --- Wood sculpture, Bambara. --- Religion. --- Social life and customs. --- Biography --- History and criticism.

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Sarah Easterby-Smith rewrites the histories of botany and horticulture from the perspectives of plant merchants who sold botanical specimens in the decades around 1800. These merchants were not professional botanists, nor were they the social equals of refined amateurs of botany. Nevertheless, they participated in Enlightenment scholarly networks, acting as intermediaries who communicated information and specimens. Thanks to their practical expertise, they also became sources of new knowledge in their own right. Cultivating Commerce argues that these merchants made essential contributions to botanical history, although their relatively humble status means that their contributions have received little sustained attention to date. Exploring how the expert nurseryman emerged as a new social figure in Britain and France, and examining what happened to the elitist, masculine culture of amateur botany when confronted by expanding public participation, Easterby-Smith sheds fresh light on the evolution of transnational Enlightenment networks during the Age of Revolutions.

Botany --- Botany, Economic --- Wild plant trade --- History --- History. --- Wild-collected plant trade --- Wildlife trade --- International trade --- Native plant industry --- Wildlife utilization --- Agricultural botany --- Botany, Agricultural --- Economic botany --- Agriculture --- Biology, Economic --- Human-plant relationships --- Plants, Useful --- Botanical science --- Floristic botany --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants

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