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 ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Martha G., 1948-

Peek, Philip M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Arts.

Niger River Delta (Nigeria)--Social life and customs.

Niger River Delta (Nigeria).

Niger River Delta (Nigeria)--Environmental conditions.

Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Physical Description:

363 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History ; Seattle : Distributed by the University of Washington Press, [2002]

Contents:

Preface: Cultural identity in the multicultural Niger Delta / Philip E. Leis

Introduction: Charting a course / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek

Lower Niger bronze industries and the archaeology of the Niger Delta / Philip M. Peek and Keith Nicklin. Interleaf A. Exploration, trade, and colonization / Martha G. Anderson

From middlemen to missionaries / E.J. Alagoa. Interleaf B. Privilege and power: merchant princes of the eastern delta / Martha G. Anderson. Interleaf C. Nanna of Itsekiri, "Merchant Prince of the Niger Delta" / Joseph Eboreime

Bulletproof: exploring the warrior ethos in Ijo culture / Martha G. Anderson. Interleaf D. Forms of ivri / Philip M. Peek. Interleaf E. The Urhobo / Martha G. Anderson

From river horses to dancing sharks: canoes and fish in Ijo art and ritual / Martha G. Anderson. Interleaf F. Water spirit shrines / Martha G. Anderson

The Isoko as a delta people / Philip M. Peek. Interleaf G. Molded shrine arts / Philip M. Peek

Celebrating water spirits: influence, confluence, and difference in Ijebu-Yoruba and delta masquerades / Henry John Drewal. Interleaf H. The dancing people: eastern Ijo masking traditions / Martha G. Anderson

Everyone to his quarter: ethnic interaction, emulation, and change in Itsekiri visual culture / Kathy Curnow. Interleaf I. 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. Interleaf J. Maidens, mothers, mediums, and matriarchs: women of the Niger Delta / Martha G. Anderson

The arts of the Ogoni / Sonpie Kpone-Tonwe and Jill Salmons. Interleaf K. Obolo arts / Keith Nicklin

Fitting farewells: the fine art of Kalabari funerals / Joanne B. Eicher and Tonye V. Erekosima. Interleaf L. Making waves: the art of Bruce Onobrakpeya and Sokari Douglas Camp / Martha G. Anderson

Conclusion: Reflections - Looking back on our journey / Martha G. Anderson and Philip M. Peek. Interleaf M. Regattas, then and now / Martha G. Anderson

Appendix: Crosscurrents and confluences: linguistic clues to cultural development / Kay Williamson and E.E. Efere.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-363).

ISBN:

0930741900

OCLC:

49028789