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Carving wood, making history : the Fákéye family, modernity and Yoruba woodcarving

Title
Carving wood, making history : the Fákéye family, modernity and Yoruba woodcarving / Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà.
Author
Adésànyà, Adérónké Adésolá.
Publication
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, 2012.

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Description
xv, 392 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Fákéye family
  • Wood-carvers > Nigeria > History
  • Wood-carving, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ila Orangun > 20th century
  • Wood-carving, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ila Orangun > 21st century
  • Sculpture, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ila Orangun > 20th century
  • Sculpture, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ila Orangun > 21st century
  • Yoruba (African people) > Civilization
  • Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-358) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Aesthetic, form and significance of Yoruba woodcarving -- Masters of Yoruba woodcarving tradition -- Heirs of tradition, muses of modernity: the Fákéye lineage -- Visual narratives of Yoruba tradition and modernity, analysis of the works of the artists -- Mediating the past, present and future of Yoruba woodcarving.
Call Number
Sc D 12-357
ISBN
  • 9781592218790 (hard cover)
  • 1592218792 (hard cover)
  • 9781592218806 (pbk.)
  • 1592218806 (pbk.)
LCCN
2011038207
OCLC
754144223
Author
Adésànyà, Adérónké Adésolá.
Title
Carving wood, making history : the Fákéye family, modernity and Yoruba woodcarving / Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà.
Imprint
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-358) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc D 12-357
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