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The cloth of field of gold : material culture and civic power in colonial Ibadan

Catalog Data

Author:
Watson, Ruth  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Abasi Olubadan of Ibadan  Search this
Physical description:
p. 461-491 : ill
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Ibadan
Ibadan (Nigeria)
Date:
1998
Notes:
Extracted from: Journal of historical sociology (Oxford) 11 (4) December 1998, pages 461-491.
On the controversy over the Olubadan damask cloth in 1939, which the colonial authorities banned.
Abstract, page 461.
Topic:
Politics and culture  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Textile fabrics, Yoruba--Political aspects  Search this
Colonial administrators  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Textiles--Nigeria
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752236