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Apprenticeship in critical ethnographic practice / Jean Lave ; foreword by Thomas P. Gibson

Author:: Lave, Jean Search this

Physical description:: xvii, 198 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Liberia

Date:: 2011

Topic:: Vai (African people)--Social life and customs Search this; Gola (African people)--Social life and customs Search this; Tailors Search this; Apprentices Search this; Ethnology Search this; Ethnology--Research--Methodology Search this

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Bag

Collector:: Venice Lamb Search this

Donor Name:: Venice Lamb Search this

Height - Object:: 37 cm

Width - Object:: 43.5 cm

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Bag

Place:: Combema, Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 6 Dec 1990

Collection Date:: Not Given

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 361597

USNM Number:: EJ10461-0

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Bag

Collector:: Venice Lamb Search this

Donor Name:: Venice Lamb Search this

Height - Object:: 38.5 cm

Width - Object:: 44 cm

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Bag

Place:: Folu, Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 6 Dec 1990

Collection Date:: 1982

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 361597

USNM Number:: EJ10462-0

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Changing social patterns and the roles of Vai women in the production of music

Author:: Monts, Lester Parker Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Physical description:: 13 p

Type:: Manuscripts

Place:: Liberia

Date:: 1985

Topic:: Music Search this; Women, Vai Search this; Women musicians Search this

Call number:: VF-- Musicians

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Chief's Sword

Donor Name:: Willard P. Tisdel Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Sword

Place:: Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 26 Jun 1885

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 016168

USNM Number:: E76257-0

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Chiefdom and clan maps of western Liberia / Svend E. Holsoe, Warren L. d'Azevedo & John H. Gay

Author:: Holsoe, Svend E Search this; D'Azevedo, Warren L Search this; Gay, John H Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles; Maps

Place:: Liberia

Date:: 1969

Topic:: Politics and government Search this; Maps Search this; Ethnology--Maps Search this

Call number:: DT621 .L695

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Container

Donor Name:: Charles C. Roberts Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Container

Place:: Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 21 Jun 1930

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 110352

USNM Number:: E349097-0

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Container

Donor Name:: Charles C. Roberts Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Container

Place:: Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 21 Jun 1930

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 110352

USNM Number:: E349098-0

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Dance in the Vai Sande Society

Author:: Monts, Lester Parker Search this

Subject:: Sande Society Search this

Type:: Articles

Date:: 1984

Topic:: Vai dance Search this; Rites and ceremonies Search this

Call number:: N1 .A258

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Execution Knife

Donor Name:: Willard P. Tisdel Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Sword/Sword Sheath

Place:: Sierra Leone, Africa

Accession Date:: 26 Jun 1885

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 016168

USNM Number:: E76258-0

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Folk tales of Liberia. In collaboration with Bai Gai Kiahon. Illus. by Carol Hoorn Fraser

Author:: Creel, J Luke Search this

Physical description:: 144 p. illus. 25 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Liberia

Date:: 1960; [1960]

Topic:: Folklore Search this; Tales Search this

Call number:: GR360.L5 C7X; GR360.L5C7X

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Further adventures : return to Europe / Johann Büttikofer

Author:: Büttikofer, Johann 1850-1927 Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Type:: Articles

Date:: 2013

Call number:: DT625 .B94 2013

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

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Grass Bag

Donor Name:: U.S. State Department Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Bag

Place:: Liberia, Africa

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 016488

USNM Number:: E76602-0

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Grass Bag

Donor Name:: U.S. State Department Search this

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Bag

Place:: Liberia, Africa

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 016488

USNM Number:: E76602-1

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Grass Bag

Donor Name:: George W. Ellis Jr. Search this

Length - Object:: 48.5 cm

Width - Object:: 39.5 cm

Culture:: Vai Search this

Object Type:: Bag

Place:: Liberia, Africa

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 011122

USNM Number:: EL4246-0

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Guanya Pau : a story of an African princess / Joseph J. Walters ; with a foreword by Oyekan Owomoyela

Author:: Walters, Joseph J (Joseph Jeffrey) -1894 Search this

Physical description:: xxiii, 112 pages ; 20 cm

Type:: Fiction; Feminist fiction; Feminist literature

Place:: Africa

Date:: 1994; 1891; ©1994

Topic:: Princesses Search this; Vai (African people) Search this; Princes and princesses Search this; Fiction Search this; English fiction Search this; Liberia Search this

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Islam in Liberia / Lester P. Monts

Author:: Monts, Lester Parker Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Poro (Society) Islamic influences Search this; Sande Society Islamic influences Search this

Type:: Books

Place:: Liberia; Bulumi; Bulumi (Liberia)

Date:: 1998

Topic:: Music Search this; Islamic music Search this; Islam Search this; Rites and ceremonies Search this; Muslims Search this; Religious life and customs Search this

Call number:: ML101.A35 G37 1998

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_666432

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Landsman : the conversations of Bai T. Moore / Diane Oyler and Arnold Odio

Author:: Oyler, Dianne White Search this; Odio, Arnold Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Moore, Bai T. 1916-1988 Search this

Type:: Articles

Date:: 1990

Call number:: DT621 .L695

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_493042

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Life and customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone / Fatima Massaquoi

Author:: Massaquoi, Fatima 1904?-1978 Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Massaquoi, Fatima 1904?-1978 Childhood and youth Search this; Massaquoi, Fatima 1904?-1978 Family Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Sierra Leone

Date:: 2013

Topic:: Vai villages Search this; Funeral customs and rites Search this; Ethnology Search this

Call number:: DT630.5.V2 M37 2013

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1054814

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Life and customs in the Vai country of Liberia / Fatima Massaquoi

Author:: Massaquoi, Fatima 1904?-1978 Search this; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this

Subject:: Massaquoi, Fatima 1904?-1978 Family Search this

Type:: Articles

Place:: Liberia

Date:: 2013

Topic:: Vai (African people)--Social life and customs Search this; Vai (African people)--Food Search this; Ethnology Search this

Call number:: DT630.5.V2 M37 2013

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1054815

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