Author:

Lorenz, Carol Ann  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

1995

Notes:

PhD thesis, Columbia University, 1995.

Illustrations at back of volume (leaves 417-663).

Contents: Shrine sculpture -- Ancestral altars -- The Ukhure ancestral staff -- Ukhure form and imagery -- Okpo staff of the elders -- Memorial heads -- Antiquity of the memorial head tradition -- Ishan human memorial heads -- Commemorative antelope heads -- Commemorative ram heads -- Images of hens -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references.

AFAINDEX4

Topic:

Esan shrines  Search this

Esan staffs (Walking sticks)  Search this

Esan carved wood heads (Representations)  Search this

Esan commemorative sculpture  Search this

Rams in African art  Search this

Sculpture, Esan  Search this

Call number:

NB1099.N5 L85 1995a

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_541358