Spatial continuities: masks and cultural interactions between the Delta and Southeastern Nigeria.
From: African Arts
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Date: 3/22/2002
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Author: Bentor, Eli
The artistic interactions between the various peoples of the Niger Delta and their Igbo neighbors who dominate Southeastern Nigeria to the north and east are not difficult to demonstrate. Art objects, including textiles, bronze shrine sculpture, and masks, have been traded between these regions for generations. More than objects alone, numerous masking and figurative traditions have crossed ethnic and regional boundaries and are practiced in both areas. The existence of shared ...
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