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Ways of the rivers : arts and environment of the Niger Delta / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek, editors ; with contributions by E.J. Alagoa ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Anderson, Martha Gay, 1948- | Peek, Philip M | University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Language: English Publisher: Los Angeles : UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002.Description: 363p. : ill., col. maps, photos. (chiefly col.) ; 31cm.ISBN: 0930741900
Contents:
Cultural identity in the multicultural Niger Delta / Philip E. Leis; Charting a course / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek. 1. Early history, trade and contact. Lower Niger bronze industries and the archaeology of the Niger Delta / Philip M. Peek and Keith Nicklin; Exploration, trade, and colonization / Martha G. Anderson; From middlemen to missionaries / E. J. Alagoa; Privilege and power : merchant princes of the eastern delta / Martha G. Anderson; Nanna of Itsekiri : "Merchant prince of the Niger Delta" / Joseph Eboreime; Bulletproof : exploring the warrior ethos in Ijo culture / Martha G. Anderson; Forms of Ivri / Philip M. Peek; The Urhobo : Martha G. Anderson. 2. Environment and cultural confluence. From river horses to dancing sharks : canoes and fish in Ijo art and ritual / Martha G. Anderson; Water spirit shrines / Martha G. Anderson; The Isoko as a delta people / Philip M. Peek; Molded shrine arts / Philip M. Peek; Celebrating water spirits : influence, confluence, and difference in Ijebu-Yoruba and Delta masquerades / Henry John Drewal; The dancing people : eastern Ijo masking traditions / Martha G. Anderson. 3. Arts and identity. Everyone to his quarter : ethnic interaction, emulation, and change in Itsekiri visual culture / Kathy Curnow; The Owu/Oworu masquerade complex / Philip M. Peek; Tricks of the trade : a study of ikakibite (cloth of the tortoise) among the eastern Ijo / Lisa Aronson; Maidens, mothers, mediums, and matriarchs : women of the Niger Delta / Martha G. Anderson; The arts of the Ogoni / Sonpie Kpone- Tonwe and Jill Salmons; Obolo arts / Keith Nicklin; Fitting farewells : the fine art of Kalabari funerals / Joanne B. Eicher and Tonye V. Erekosima; Making waves : the art of Bruce Onobrakpeya and Sokari Douglas Camp / Martha G. Anderson; Reflections : looking back on our journey / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek; Regattas, then and now / Martha G. Anderson; Crosscurrents and confluences : linguistic clues to cultural development / Kay Williamson and E. E. Efere.

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History [no dates given].

Includes bibliographical references : p. 356-363.

Cultural identity in the multicultural Niger Delta / Philip E. Leis; Charting a course / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek. 1. Early history, trade and contact. Lower Niger bronze industries and the archaeology of the Niger Delta / Philip M. Peek and Keith Nicklin; Exploration, trade, and colonization / Martha G. Anderson; From middlemen to missionaries / E. J. Alagoa; Privilege and power : merchant princes of the eastern delta / Martha G. Anderson; Nanna of Itsekiri : "Merchant prince of the Niger Delta" / Joseph Eboreime; Bulletproof : exploring the warrior ethos in Ijo culture / Martha G. Anderson; Forms of Ivri / Philip M. Peek; The Urhobo : Martha G. Anderson. 2. Environment and cultural confluence. From river horses to dancing sharks : canoes and fish in Ijo art and ritual / Martha G. Anderson; Water spirit shrines / Martha G. Anderson; The Isoko as a delta people / Philip M. Peek; Molded shrine arts / Philip M. Peek; Celebrating water spirits : influence, confluence, and difference in Ijebu-Yoruba and Delta masquerades / Henry John Drewal; The dancing people : eastern Ijo masking traditions / Martha G. Anderson. 3. Arts and identity. Everyone to his quarter : ethnic interaction, emulation, and change in Itsekiri visual culture / Kathy Curnow; The Owu/Oworu masquerade complex / Philip M. Peek; Tricks of the trade : a study of ikakibite (cloth of the tortoise) among the eastern Ijo / Lisa Aronson; Maidens, mothers, mediums, and matriarchs : women of the Niger Delta / Martha G. Anderson; The arts of the Ogoni / Sonpie Kpone- Tonwe and Jill Salmons; Obolo arts / Keith Nicklin; Fitting farewells : the fine art of Kalabari funerals / Joanne B. Eicher and Tonye V. Erekosima; Making waves : the art of Bruce Onobrakpeya and Sokari Douglas Camp / Martha G. Anderson; Reflections : looking back on our journey / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek; Regattas, then and now / Martha G. Anderson; Crosscurrents and confluences : linguistic clues to cultural development / Kay Williamson and E. E. Efere.

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