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  Honoring the Head in Yoruba Art and Culture
 

References - page 1

 

1.  "Orilonise:  the hermeneutics of the head and hairstyles among the Yoruba."  Lawal, Babatunde.  The world of tribal arts, v7, n2, Winter/Spring 2002, p80.  read this article

2.  "Hair in African Art and Culture."  Sieber, Roy; Herreman, Frank.  African Arts, v33, no3, Autumn 2003, p57 & p59.

3.  "Orilonise:  the hermeneutics of the head and hairstyles among the Yoruba." p80.  read this article

4.  Ibid.  read this article

5.  Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa.  Fagg, Pemberton, Holcombe, Eds.  1982.  p174

6.  http://www.nmafa.si.edu/pubaccess/pages/advanfrm.htm, select Ethic Group - Yoruba Peoples

7.  Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa.  Fagg, Pemberton, Holcombe, Eds.  1982.  p134

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