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Mother and children, Yoruba - Glenbow Museum - DSC00221
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Nigeria, yoruba, xango femminile
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Article · 2014
Glossary
Yoruba Art and Language
2014
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05 Tableaux artistes africains interieur maison Ndiaganiao Senegal 2026
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Book · 1994
African art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum
1994
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African Art 5
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Article · 1993
Secrecy: African Art That Conceals and Reveals
Mary H. Nooter
African Arts
1993
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Kai
Book · 1997 · Open Library
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Yoruba sculpture in Los Angeles collections : Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 10 March to 6 April 1969
Book · 1969 · OpenAlex
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Article · 1980
African artistry : technique and aesthetics in Yoruba sculpture
H. Drewal, Gerald Jones
Semantic Scholar
1980
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Article · 2010
Soyinka and Yoruba Sculpture: Masks of Deification and Symbolism
Gilbert Tarka Fai
Semantic Scholar
2010
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Article · 1971
Yoruba Religious Carving: Pagan and Christian Sculpture in Nigeria and Dahomey
A. K. Quarcoo, Kevin Carroll
Journal of Religion in Africa
1971
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Article · 1988
Art/Artifact: African Art in Anthropology Collections
Francine Farr
African Arts
1988
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Article · 2026
Religious Imagery in Yoruba Sculpture: Form And Style in the Works of Adebisi Akanji
Akintonde ., Adeoti .
Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
2026
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Article · 1962
The Sculpture and Myths of Eshu-Elegba, the Yoruba Trickster: Definition and Interpretation in Yoruba Iconography
Joan Wescott
Africa
1962
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Nigeria, yoruba, ibejis, 04
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African Art 4
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Article · 1975
African Art and Authenticity
Joseph Cornet
African Arts
1975
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Article · 1984
Yoruba: Sculpture from West Africa
Dele Jegede, William Fagg
The International Journal of African Historical Studies
1984
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Article · 2007
African art, British responses to
John Picton
African American Studies Center
2007
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Article · 2017
Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art
O. Táíwò
Semantic Scholar
2017
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Bowl for ritual objects from Nigeria Yoruba people 1880-1954 Dallas Museum of Art
Image · 1880 · Wikimedia Commons
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African Art 1
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African Art
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The stone images of Esiẹ, Nigeria
Book · 1978 · Open Library
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African Art and the Colonial Encounter
Book · 2007 · Open Library
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Article · 2007
Is African Art History?
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, John Peffer
Critical Interventions
2007
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Article · 1989
The Art of Collecting African Art
Christine Mullen Kreamer
African Arts
1989
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Article · 1985
Orí: The Significance of the Head in Yoruba Sculpture
Babatunde Lawal
Journal of Anthropological Research
1985
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Rumanian archaeology in the 20th century
Book · 1964 · Open Library
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Article · 2019
Soviet Supersystems and American Frontiers: African Art Histories amid the Cold War
K. Cowcher
The Art Bulletin
2019
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African Art 3
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Article · 1980
AFRICAN ARTISTRY: TECHNIQUE AND AESTHETICS IN YORUBA SCULPTURE. John Henry Drewal
Christopher D. Roy
ARLIS/NA Newsletter
1980
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Perspectives
Book · 1987 · Open Library
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Article · 2001
Reading the Contemporary: African Art from Theory to Marketplace
Akinwumi Adesokan
Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art
2001
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