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Summoning the ancestors : southern Nigerian bronzes

Title
Summoning the ancestors : southern Nigerian bronzes / Nancy Neaher Maas, Philip M. Peek.
Author
Neaher, Nancy Christine, 1941-
Publication
Los Angeles, California : Fowler Museum at UCLA, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Peek, Philip M.
  • Fowler Museum at UCLA, host institution.
Description
100 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
Summary
"This Fowler in Focus exhibition celebrates the promised gift of two large marvelous collections of bronze bells and ǫfǫs amassed by Mark Clayton. Originating in southern Nigeria, the bells and ǫfǫs were used in a variety of ritual contexts"--
Subject
  • Clayton, Mark (Art collector) > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Bronzes > Nigeria > Exhibitions
  • Bronzes, African > Exhibitions
  • Art metal-work > Nigeria > Exhibitions
  • Bells > Nigeria > Exhibitions
  • Art metal-work
  • Art > Private collections
  • Bells
  • Bronzes
  • Bronzes, African
  • Nigeria
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Summoning the Ancestors: Southern Nigerian Bronzes is published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, which was on view September 16, 2018-March 10, 2019."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Director's Foreword / Marla C. Berns -- Collector's Statement / Mark Clayton -- Introduction / Nancy Neaher Maas and Philip M. Peek -- The Bells of Southern Nigeria / Nancy Neaher Maas -- Portfolio 1: Bells -- Bronze ǫfǫ of Southern Nigeria / Philip M. Peek -- Portfolio 2: ǫfǫ -- Postscript: The ǫfǫ and the Bell / Herbert M. Cole
Call Number
Sc+ G 21-46
ISBN
  • 9780990762683
  • 0990762688
LCCN
2019055655
OCLC
1133664936
Author
Neaher, Nancy Christine, 1941- author.
Title
Summoning the ancestors : southern Nigerian bronzes / Nancy Neaher Maas, Philip M. Peek.
Publisher
Los Angeles, California : Fowler Museum at UCLA, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Peek, Philip M., author.
Fowler Museum at UCLA, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 21-46
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