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  • Ways of the Rivers : Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta
  • Written by author Martha G. Anderson, Philip M. Peek
  • Published by Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S., 2002/09/01
  • Published in conjunction with the 2002 UCLA exhibition at the Fowler Museum, this volume deals with the complex cultural matrix of the Niger Delta. Through the contributions of an interdisciplinary research team, ten chapters examine the relationship of c
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Foreword 11
Preface: Cultural Identity in the Multicultural Niger Delta 15
Acknowledgments 22
Notes on Orthography 23
Introduction: Charting a Course 25
Pt. 1 Early History, Trade, and Contact
Ch. 1 Lower Niger Bronze Industries and the Archaeology of the Niger Delta 39
Interleaf A Exploration, Trade, and Colonization 60
Ch. 2 From Middlemen to Missionaries 67
Interleaf B Privilege and Power: Merchant Princes of the Eastern Delta 80
Interleaf C Nanna of Itsekiri, "Merchant Prince of the Niger Delta" 86
Ch. 3 Bulletproof: Exploring the Warrior Ethos in Ijo Culture 91
Interleaf D Forms of Ivri 120
Interleaf E The Urhobo 126
Pt. 2 Environment and Cultural Confluence
Ch. 4 From River Horses to Dancing Sharks: Canoes and Fish in Ijo Art and Ritual 133
Interleaf F Water Spirit Shrines 162
Ch. 5 The Isoko as a Delta People 167
Interleaf G Molded Shrine Arts 188
Ch. 6 Celebrating Water Spirits: Influence, Confluence, and Difference in Ijebu-Yoruba and Delta Masquerades 193
Interleaf H The Dancing People: Eastern Ijo Masking Traditions 216
Pt. 3 Arts and Identity
Ch. 7 Everyone to His Quarter: Ethnic Interaction, Emulation, and Change in Itsekiri Visual Culture 223
Interleaf I The Owu/Oworu Masquerade Complex 244
Ch. 8 Tricks of the Trade: A Study of Ikakibite (Cloth of the Tortoise) among the Eastern Ijo 251
Interleaf J Maidens, Mothers, Mediums, and Matriarchs: Women of the Niger Delta 268
Ch. 9 The Arts of the Ogoni 275
Interleaf K Obolo Arts 302
Ch. 10 Fitting Farewells: The Fine Art of Kalabari Funerals 307
Interleaf L Making Waves: The Art of Bruce Onobrakpeya and Sokari Douglas Camp 330
Conclusion: Reflections - Looking Back on our Journey 335
Interleaf M Regattas, Then and Now 340
App Crosscurrents and Confluences: Linguistic Clues to Cultural Development 345
Notes to the Text 352
References Cited 356


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