“… concise, well written, thoroughly documented, and easy to read … refreshingly light and portable. While chock full of information and excellent color photographs printed on good-quality paper, it is not so heavy that a small wagon is required to cart it home. The price is right: $20 for this much information is a bargain. The authors have struck just the right tone, balancing scholarly correctness and readability. LaGamma’s essay in particular is informative without being ponderous. The essays and catalogue entries would make excellent supplementary reading for college courses in African art or ethnography, representing a welcome collaboration between the disciplines of anthropology and art. Along with Philip Peek’s 1991 anthology African Divination Systems, this elegant little publication makes a substantial contribution to the scholarship on Africa’s culture and arts of divination.”