The Baga place objects such as this, called elek, on shrines which are symbols of the lineage and which protect the family from malevolent forces. Denise Paulme has written: "In each family house where the eldest member of the lineage resides, a...
Original artwork, reproduced as illustrations for: Sugihara, Yoshie and David W. Plath. Sensei and his people. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1969). P. 67.
A weekly publication containing maps, entertainment, road report, directions to places directly associated with Abraham Lincoln marked with bronze tablets, lists of where to dine, what to see, railroads, civic organizations and clubs, bus lines,...
A weekly publication containing maps, entertainment, road report, directions to places directly associated with Abraham Lincoln marked with bronze tablets, lists of where to dine, what to see, railroads, civic organizations and clubs, bus lines,...
A TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Helene Scriabine never imagined she would see her Russian homeland again, but thanks to Glasnost the UI professor emeritus is returning to see work begin on a film inspired by her life. -- ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A HOT ISSUE: The...
The egungun cult of the Yoruba is concerned with the veneration of important ancestors and emphasizes the contiuning participation of the dead in the affairs of their living descendants (Rubin 1963:18). This dance crest, carved in the form of an...
The Baga call these figures bansonyi, and use them to entrap and destroy sorcerers, cure sterility, end droughts, and protect their villages from malevolent forces. Their primary role, however, is to preside over the initiation camp of the simo ...
Since these beautiful figures were first published in the 1979 catalogue of the Stanley Collection, important research has been carried out among the Lobi by Piet Meyer, representing the Museum Rietberg Zurich, and published in 1981 in an...
Researchers in the field in Ghana and Upper Volta have reported two important functions for the wooden figures carved by the Lobi. Goody (1962:224.226) and Rattray (1932 II :434, figs.110,111) describe figures called sa da or kpiin da...
This male/female pair was intended for the shrine of one of the many Yoruba orisha (deities), to honor the god and to remind supplicants of the blessings their devotion could bring. Female figures are often represented holding a bowl, and carrying...
This male/female pair was intended for the shrine of one of the many Yoruba orisha (deities), to honor the god and to remind supplicants of the blessings their devotion could bring. Female figures are often represented holding a bowl, and carrying...