Writers' Workshop graduate, Benjamin Hale reads from The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. Bruno Littlemore is a chimpanzee unlike any other chimpanzee in the world. Precocious, self-conscious and preternaturally gifted, young Bruno, born and raised...
Wooden dolls (akua ba) are carried by Ashanti women as aids to conception and in the belief that the children they bear will carry the Ashanti marks of beauty exhibited by the dolls. The dolls are imbued with power through consecration to any one...
Wooden dolls (akua ba) are carried by Ashanti women as aids to conception and in the belief that the children they bear will carry the Ashanti marks of beauty exhibited by the dolls. The dolls are imbued with power through consecration to any one...
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female; Women soldiers -- Iowa -- Fort Des Moines
Two images accompany article. First image is of a WAAC captain being presented with a basket of flowers from two other WAACs at a Christmas party. Second image is of a WAAC presenting gifts to children at a convalescent home.
This white akua ba, with the hairdo of a priestess, commemorates a child who was dedicated at birth to the cult of the deity believed to have helped its mother conceive. Following the child¹s birth such dolls may be placed on an altar as...
This mask with triangular eyes, jutting cheeks, large nose and mouth, and bulging forehead, is of the type called kaogle (³chimpanzee²). The kaogle teaches proper behavior by acting improperly. Its performance is wild and destructive and is...
This mask is probably of the type called tankagle. Accompanied by a small orchestra and an escort who clears obstacles and collects gifts, the mask appears at village festivals to entertain spectators with singing, dancing, and short pantomime...
This is the male counterpart of the female mwana pwo mask. Its type is recognized by the jutting beard and elaborate head-wear, while the Chokwe style is characterized by the sunken orbits, broad mouth, filed teeth, and especially the graphic...
This figure of a seated mother with her nursing infant was probably intended for a family shrine (cf. CMS no. 204 ). The mother¹s stiff formal gesture seems to emphasize the symbolic nature of her act- the nurturing of the entire lineage. The...
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world (45/1000 births). The birth of twins is an occasion to celebrate, but it is also cause for concern, for twins can bring their parents good fortune or great trouble. Twins are more...
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world (45/1000 births). The birth of twins is an occasion to celebrate, but it is also cause for concern, for twins can bring their parents good fortune or great trouble. Twins are more...
The Suku use a variety of mask types in rituals at the young men¹s initiation camp, called nkanda. Large masks like this one are worn by the adult leader and charm specialist (kisidika); smaller masks (kholuka) are worn by the initiates...
The Dan produce large naturalistic wooden female figures called lü me , "wooden person". These are neither ancestor figures nor representations of spirits, but are intended to be portraits of living people, whose names the figures bear. The...
The Dan carve large spoons called wakemia , or wunkirmian spoon associated with feasts" that are carried by the most hospitible woman ( wakede , called wunkirle in other reports) in a villageneighborhood. "A wakede must be successful and...
The Dan believe that the world is animated by a force called dü. This force is manifested as invisible spirits that may take human or animal form, and may be made tangible through the carving of a mask. The mask spirits are thought to live in...