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The dirty smith : smell as a social frontier among the Kapsiki/Higi of north Cameroon and north-eastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. van Beek

Author:: Beek, W. E. A. van Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria)

Date:: 1992

Topic:: Smell--Social aspects Search this; Kapsiki blacksmiths Search this; Blacksmiths Search this

Call number:: DT1.A1 A258

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_751245

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The African ironsmith as marginal mediator : a symbolic analysis

Author:: McNutt, Paula M Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Physical description:: p. 75-98

Type:: Books

Place:: Africa

Date:: 1991

Topic:: Blacksmiths--Social aspects Search this; Blacksmiths--Religious aspects Search this; Ironwork--Symbolic aspects Search this; Dogon blacksmiths Search this; Bamana blacksmiths Search this; Maasai blacksmiths Search this; Kalenjin blacksmiths Search this; Falasha blacksmiths Search this; Ironworking Search this

Call number:: VF-- Metalwork, Metallurgy--General

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_751939

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Between ritual, theater, and play : blacksmith praise at Tuareg marriage

Author:: Rasmussen, Susan J. 1949- Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Niger; Aïr

Date:: 1997

Topic:: Kel Ewey performance Search this; Kel Ewey dance Search this; Tuaregs--Rites and ceremonies Search this; Tuaregs--Marriage customs and rites Search this; Blacksmiths--Social aspects Search this

Call number:: GR1 .J86

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_809510

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The smiths / Jean Brown

Author:: Brown, Elizabeth Jean 1927- Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Kenya

Date:: 1995

Topic:: Blacksmiths--Social aspects Search this; Blacksmiths Search this; Blacksmith castes Search this

Call number:: GN659.K4 B76 1995

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_689478

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The social context of iron forging on the Kenya coast

Author:: Kusimba, Chapurukha Makokha Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Kenya

Date:: 1996

Topic:: Swahili blacksmiths Search this; Swahili iron forging Search this; Forging Search this; Blacksmithing--Social aspects Search this

Call number:: DT1.A1 A258

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_517141

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Cognition and tool use : the blacksmith at work / Charles M. Keller, Janet Dixon Keller

Author:: Keller, Charles M Search this; Keller, Janet Dixon Search this

Physical description:: xiv, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: United States

Date:: 1996

Topic:: Blacksmithing--Social aspects Search this; Blacksmithing Search this; Cognition and culture Search this; Art and technology Search this; Technology and civilization Search this

Call number:: GN436 .K45 1996X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_545871

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