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Marques du corps en Afrique subsaharienne : permanences, métamorphoses / Kangni Alem

Author:
Alemdjrodo, Kangni  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Date:
2004
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Scarification (Body marking) in African art  Search this
Body painting  Search this
Call number:
N7570 .S64 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782725
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Bad copies : the colonial aesthetic and the Manjaco-Portuguese encounter

Title:
Colonial aesthetic and the Manjaco-Portuguese encounter
Author:
Gable, Eric 1955-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Portraits
Place:
Guinea-Bissau
Date:
2002
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Portuguese in African art  Search this
Mandyak colons  Search this
Mandyak scarifications  Search this
Mandyak anthropomorphic sculpture  Search this
Mandyak ancestor figures (Representations)  Search this
Mandyak sculptors  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Sculpture, Mandjak  Search this
Call number:
GN645 .I43 2002X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_754236
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On a form of cicatrization among the Bambara

Author:
Ganay, Solange de  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mali
Date:
1949
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Bamana scarifications  Search this
Call number:
GN1 .M26
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_760968
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A figure for Cibola : art, politics, and aesthetics among the Luluwa people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Constantine Petridis

Author:
Petridis, Constantijn  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Cibola (Cult)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
2001
Topic:
Sculpture, Lulua  Search this
Lulua female figures (Representations).)  Search this
Mothers in African art  Search this
Lulua cults  Search this
Fertility cults  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Women, Lulua  Search this
Lulua scarifications  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Call number:
N610 .A375
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_751740
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Emblems of the body at the Dapper

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Musée Dapper (Paris, France)  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
France
Paris
Date:
2004
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Scarification (Body marking) in African art  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .W927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_778110
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Vessel in form of female, Wongo peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author:
Freyer, Bryna 1949-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2001
Topic:
Wongo female figures (Representations)  Search this
Scarification (Body marking) in African art  Search this
Sculpture, Wongo  Search this
Call number:
N7391.65 .P48 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_761596
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Marcas tribales de los esclavos en Cuba

Author:
Deschamps Chapeaux, Pedro 1913-1994-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cuba
Date:
1969
Topic:
Slaves  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Scarifications  Search this
Call number:
GN4 .E78
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_795778
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Boundaries of beauty : tattooed secrets of women's histories

Author:
Gengenbach, Heidi  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mozambique
Magude District
Date:
1999
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Scarification (Process)  Search this
Call number:
HQ1799 .G46 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_756592
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Le positionnement historique d'une mentalité ethnique : le cas des Bissa de Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

Author:
Desbordes, Jean-Philippe  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Burkina Faso
Date:
1999
Topic:
Ethnic identity  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Bisa (Burkina Faso and Ghana)  Search this
Bisa scarifications  Search this
Bisa symbolism  Search this
Bisa symbols  Search this
Call number:
GN861 .A734
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752158
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Female figures, Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author:
Clarke, Christa  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2001
Topic:
Luba female figures (Representations).)  Search this
Scarification (Body marking) in African art  Search this
Call number:
N7391.65 .P48 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_760465
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Scarification et langage chez les Bahemba

Author:
Kazadi, Ntole  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
p. 89-110 : ill
Type:
Books
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1986
Topic:
Hemba scarifications  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Dress, Body Ornamentation--Central Africa
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_755459
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Elegant relief : Ga'anda scarification as a conceptual paradigm

Author:
Berns, Marla  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
11 leaves
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria, Northern
Date:
1986
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Ga'anda scarifications  Search this
Ga'anda symbolism  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Gaanda  Search this
Pottery, Gaanda  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Dress, Body Ornamentation--Nigeria
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_759597
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L'écriture sur la peau

Author:
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Christiane  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2004
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking) in African art  Search this
Call number:
N7570 .S64 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782721
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Scarification among the Somba people from Atakora mountains

Author:
Trojanowska, Alicja  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
p. 115-119 : ill
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Atakora Region
Date:
1992
Topic:
Tamberma scarifications  Search this
Tamberma scarification (Process).)  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Somba  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Dress, Body Ornamentation--West Africa
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_756550
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Adornment and display : writing on the body

Author:
Carlson, Amanda  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Cross River State
Date:
2003
Topic:
Nsibidi  Search this
Ejagham body arts  Search this
Ejagham scarifications  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Body arts  Search this
Ejagham decorated gourd containers  Search this
Call number:
DT571.E53 C37 2003a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_768810
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The winged solar disk or Ibo itfi facial scarification M. D. W. Jeffreys

Author:
Jeffreys, M. D. W (Mervyn David Waldegrave)  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Eastern
Date:
1951
Topic:
Igbo scarifications  Search this
Igbo scarification (Process)  Search this
Scarifications  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Igbo symbolism  Search this
Civilization--Egyptian influences  Search this
Call number:
DT1.A1 A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004000
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Scarification and the loss of history in the African diaspora / Paul E. Lovejoy

Author:
Lovejoy, Paul E  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Latin America
Atlantic Ocean Region
Date:
2012
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Yoruba scarifications  Search this
Slaves--Ethnic identity  Search this
Call number:
DT16.5 .A27 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1014428
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The nyora by Michael Gelfand and Yvonne Swart

Author:
Gelfand, Michael  Search this
Swart, Yvonne  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
p. 4-11
Type:
Books
Place:
Zimbabwe
Date:
1953
Topic:
Scarifications  Search this
Scarification (Process)  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Shona scarifications  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Dress, Body Ornamentation--Southern Africa
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004003
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Les cicatrices tribales / Y. Urvoy

Author:
Urvoy, Yves François Marie Aimé  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sudan (Region)
Date:
1942
Topic:
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Scarifications  Search this
Call number:
GN651 .U7X 1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002292
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Painted bodies : African body painting, tattoos & scarification / Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher ; text with Mary Anne Fitzgerald

Title:
African body painting, tattoos & scarification
Author:
Beckwith, Carol 1945-  Search this
Fisher, Angela  Search this
Fitzgerald, Mary Anne  Search this
Physical description:
288 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. map ; 41 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Africa
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Body painting  Search this
Tattooing  Search this
Scarification (Body marking)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1005781

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