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The story of Idia

 

Power of the Queen Mother

 

BENIN
-The Palace
-Iyoba and Oba heads

 

ASANTE
-Royal Kente coth

-Gold Stools

 

Sources

 

African Art Home

 

    Works Cited:

  # 1 Ben-Amos, Paula,; Arnold Rubin ed.  The Art of Power, The Power of Art: Studies in Benin Iconography.    University of California,   1983.

# 2  Allman,Jean Marie.; Geiger, Susa. Women in African Colonial Histories. Indianan, University Press,  
           2003.            

# 3 Blier, Susan Preston.  The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form.  Hong Cong: Prentice Hall,
           Inc., 1998.

# 4 Smith, Sidonie.; Watson, Julie. Interfaces: Women, autobiography, Image Performance. Ann
            Arbor; University of Michigan Press, 2003.

 

 

Pictures taken from:

www.randafricanart.com

www.african-museum.com

www.fss.ulaval.ca

www.nigerianembassy.or.kr

www.metmuseum.org

www.quiltethnic.com