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الصفحة 61
I was told in the villages that one could determine the sex of an assongu by looking at the head ; females are portrayed with hairdos , males without . The figures are different from Anyi and Abure funerary terracottas in this aspect ...
I was told in the villages that one could determine the sex of an assongu by looking at the head ; females are portrayed with hairdos , males without . The figures are different from Anyi and Abure funerary terracottas in this aspect ...
الصفحة 63
Function An assongu is sculpted for an individual when the spirit is identified as a force acting on that person's life . The diagnosis can be made by any practitioner of traditional medicine , as the symptoms associated with Assongu ...
Function An assongu is sculpted for an individual when the spirit is identified as a force acting on that person's life . The diagnosis can be made by any practitioner of traditional medicine , as the symptoms associated with Assongu ...
الصفحة 68
Assongu are born clutching bits of ' kaolin ' , and they wear only white , the colour of kaolin . The whiteness stands in direct contrast to the bloody , heated nature of the spirit's attacks and helps control them.22 Whiteness also ...
Assongu are born clutching bits of ' kaolin ' , and they wear only white , the colour of kaolin . The whiteness stands in direct contrast to the bloody , heated nature of the spirit's attacks and helps control them.22 Whiteness also ...
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changing interpersonal relations in two Bamileke | 3 |
a terracotta tradition of southeastern Ivory Coast | 51 |
Southern Kuba masquerade figures in a funerary context | 75 |
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activities African African Studies analysis animals appear associated Assongu authority become called central century charcoal chief Church collection colonial concerned continued Council cult culture customary Dahomey dependants discussion early economic especially example fact farm firewood Freetown given gold groups herd household important increase individual initiation Institute interest International involved king Krio labour land language less linguistic London major means names noted Office organisation origin particular pastoral period photographer political position possession practice present problems production published reference region relations ritual Sierra Leone smelting social society sources spirit structure Studies suggests Swahili trade traditional University University Press village West Africa women wood wood-fuel