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January 20, 2010: Culture Fix: Yoruba Palace Doors by Areogun

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Podcast
MIME Type:
audio/mpeg
Uploaded:
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST
Topic:
Inventions  Search this
Innovations  Search this
See more episodes:
Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day September 25th 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:podcasts_e96d4c177d8fdb7ed961188518b06d1a
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Critical lines : the parodies of power in Yoruba art / by Abayomi Ola

Author:
Ola, Yomi  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 244 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Africa
Date:
2009
Topic:
Art, Yoruba--Political aspects  Search this
Parody in art  Search this
Satire in art  Search this
Art--Political aspects  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N5 O43 2009a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_984216
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Epa masquerade headdress (elefon) : Yoruba peoples, Nigeria / John Pemberton

Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2011
Topic:
Epa masquerade superstructures  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .A53 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_981311
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[A Concrete Vision Oshogbo Art in the 1960s exhibition publicity packet]

Author:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.),.)  Search this
Curator:
Freyer, Bryna 1949-  Search this
Nicolls, Andrea  Search this
Contributor:
Kaplan, Janice  Search this
Publisher:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.),.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 portfolio illustrations 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Nigeria
Oshogbo
Date:
1999
20th century
Topic:
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Art, Yoruba  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_956276
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Tótó O̥̣ba! Tìmì Tìjání O̥ládòkun Oyèwùsì, Àgbónrán Kejì, 1976-2007 Shalom Digital Studios, Ile-Ife ; produced by Tìmì Oyèwùsì Foundation ; powered by Lingua Communications ; in collaboration with Adéo̥̣lá Fálé̥ye̥ and her Cultural Voices

Performer:
Fálé̥ye̥, Adéo̥lá  Search this
Author:
Lingua Communications  Search this
Shalom Digital Studios, Ile-Ife  Search this
Production company:
Tìmì Oyèwùsì Foundation ttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn  Search this
Physical description:
1 audio disc 4 3/4 in
Type:
Music
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2007
Topic:
Kings and rulers  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)--Kings and rulers  Search this
Call number:
disc 000841
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_945660
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A Yoruba mask and its sculptural sources and contexts / John Picton

Author:
Picton, John  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Ekiti
Opin
Date:
2006
Topic:
Epa (Masquerade)  Search this
Masks, Yoruba  Search this
Epa helmet masks  Search this
Yoruba sculptors  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .A784
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_913870
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The Yoruba in Cuba : origins, identities, and transformations.

Author:
Reid, Michele  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cuba
Date:
2004
Topic:
Yoruba diaspora  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Civilization  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
E29.Y67 Y67 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_807566
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The Yoruba diaspora in Sierra Leone's Krio society

Author:
Fyle, C. Magbaily 1944-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sierra Leone
Nigeria, Western
Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Date:
2004
19th century
Topic:
Yoruba diaspora  Search this
Creoles (Sierra Leone)  Search this
Return migration  Search this
Repatriation  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
E29.Y67 Y67 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_807578
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Sacred kingship and the violent God : the worship of Ogun among the Yoruba

Title:
Worship of Ogun among the Yoruba
Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
p. 85-106
Type:
Books
Date:
1979
Topic:
Ogun (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Ogun (Yoruba deity)--Rituals  Search this
Yoruba cults  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Yoruba festivals  Search this
Yoruba carved wood doors  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Art, Yoruba
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_762739
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Yoruba textiles : technology and artistry

Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Date:
2004
Topic:
Clothing  Search this
Textile fabrics, Yoruba  Search this
Yoruba weaving  Search this
Adire  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Aso oke  Search this
Yoruba weavers  Search this
Yoruba masquerade costume  Search this
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Call number:
NK8889.6.N5 C58 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_756603
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Iwalewa-Ife, 1971-1974 : Bayreuth, 1981-1996

Author:
Ogundele, Wole  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Beier, Ulli  Search this
Beier, Georgina 1938-2021  Search this
IWALEWA-Haus (Bayreuth, Germany)  Search this
University of Ife Institute of African Studies  Search this
Ori Olokun Experimental Art Workshop  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2003
20th century
Topic:
Arts, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
DT515.4 .O38 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_757614
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Black saints go marching in : Yoruba art and culture in the Americas

Title:
Yoruba art and culture in the Americas
Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Subject:
Shango (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Art
Place:
America
Date:
1983
Topic:
Art, Yoruba  Search this
Aesthetics, Yoruba  Search this
Gods, Yoruba  Search this
Goddesses, Yoruba  Search this
Ifa (Religion)  Search this
Esu (Legendary character)--Art  Search this
Osanyin (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Ogun (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Oshoosi (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Obaluaiye (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Yemonja (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Osun (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Esu (Legendary character)  Search this
Religion--African influences  Search this
Religion  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
E29.N3 T48 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_751529
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The fashionable world of the Yoruba / Judith Perani and Norma H. Wolff

Author:
Perani, Judith  Search this
Wolff, Norma Hackleman 1933-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Date:
1999
Topic:
Aso oke  Search this
Yoruba weaving  Search this
Textile fabrics, Yoruba--Social aspects  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Clothing  Search this
Lurex (TM) textiles  Search this
Call number:
NX705.5 .A357 1999X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_751955
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Art africain et syncrétisme religieux au Brésil

Author:
Kabengele Munanga  Search this
Subject:
Shango (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Art
Place:
Brazil
Date:
1989
Topic:
Art, Yoruba--Influence  Search this
Esu (Legendary character)--Art  Search this
Ere ibeji  Search this
Esu (Legendary character)  Search this
Religion  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
GN700 .D299
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752882
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Festivals and sacred kingship among the Igbomina Yoruba

Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
Date:
1986
Topic:
Festivals  Search this
Ogun (Yoruba deity)--Rituals  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Yoruba festivals  Search this
Igbomina festivals  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Call number:
Q179.9 .N277
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752892
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To organise is to destroy : the Oshogbo art school

Title:
Oshogbo art school
Author:
Beier, Georgina 1938-2021  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Beier, Georgina 1938-2021  Search this
Type:
Articles
Interviews
Place:
Nigeria
Oshogbo
Date:
2001
Topic:
Artists, Yoruba  Search this
Artists  Search this
Art schools  Search this
Call number:
DT515.45.Y67 C47 2001X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_753371
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Headdress (Epa) hunter, Nigeria, Yoruba

Author:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Bamgboye of Odo-Owa 1893-1978  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1981
Topic:
Epa helmet masks  Search this
Call number:
NB1098 .F67X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750453
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Art criticism in Nigeria, 1920-1996 : the development of professionalism in the media and the academy

Author:
Oloidi, Ola 1944-2020  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1998
Topic:
Art criticism  Search this
Art critics  Search this
Aesthetics, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
N7485.A35 A78 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_749652
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Family property among the Yorubas / with a foreword by Maxime de Comarmond

Author:
Coker, G. B. A  Search this
Physical description:
314 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1958
Topic:
Land tenure (Customary law)  Search this
Call number:
DT515.45.Y67 C65 1958
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_733645
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To see the praise : Epa masquerades among the Ekiti Yoruba / John Pemberton

Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
14 p.: ill
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Ekiti
Date:
1980
Topic:
Epa (Masquerade)  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Epa masks (Costume).)  Search this
Ekiti Yoruba masquerades  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Masks & Masquerades
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_688905

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