Volume 2

Sculpture and Symbolism Woodcarving and The Blacksmith's Art

Foreword
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Warnier, Paris

128 pages
209 black & white photographs

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Publisher
Basel Mission

Editor
Paul Jenkins

Distributor
Stiftung Grasland Kamerun

Illustration
© Hans Knöpfli, Kriegstetten

Printed and bound in Cameroon by Presbyterian Printing Press, Limbe, S.W. Province

Summary

Volume 2 impresses us with its careful, detailed technological documentation of the construction processes in woodcarving, originally a religious art. In the chapter on "Symbolism" the author’s rich knowledge of the world-view of the artists and the fabric of their social life stands out.

Chapter 1

The Carvers

Chapter 2

The Symbols on Thrones and Stools

Chapter 3

House- and Doorposts

Chapter 4

Portrait of Master Carver Mbenchu Robert Toh

Chapter 5

The Blacksmith's Art

Chapter 6

Making Charcoal

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The author

Hans Knöpfli, 1927,
Craftsman und Theologian
Dr. theol. h.c.

Hans Knöpfli was born in Winterthur (Switzerland) in 1927.

He lived in Cameroon from 1956 to 1993 where he worked both as pastor and craftsman.

He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Yaoundé (Cameroon) on 21st October 2005 for the part he has played in the struggle against poverty in Cameroon.

With strong support from leading Fons and Chiefs he established the Presbyterian Handicraft Centres in Bafut, Bali-Nyonga and Bamessing (known as Prescraft) with the aim of preventing the disappearance of indigenous arts and crafts and of reducing unemployment among school-leavers.

Address
Hans Knöpfli-Zingg
Hauptstrasse 25
CH-4566 Kriegstetten
Tel. +41 (0) 32 675 48 41