Table of Contents

Include: 500 line drawings, 20 maps, 8 full-colour plates Supernatural Beings (e.g., Ogun, Olokun, Orisanla, Obalufon, Obatala, Orunmila-all Yoruba, Nigeria); The Natural World: flora, fauna, weather, night/day, cycles of nature, geographical features, stars and planets; The Human World: architecture, artefacts, body art, costume, rituals and ceremonies, social hierarchies, gender issues and sexuality. Concepts and Ideas: continuity, cosmology, cycles of life, dreams/ visions, journey/ quest, power, taboo, time. Materials and Techniques: pottery, metals, weaving and basketwork, wood.

About the Author

Hope B. Werness is professor of art at California State University, Stanislaus. An art historian specializing in tribal, Precolumbian, and 19th and 20th European art, she is also a practicing artist, working in ceramics. She is the author of The Symbolism of Mirrors in Art from Ancient Times to the Present.