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G?l?d?: Art and Female Power Among the Yoruba | Henry John Drewal, Margaret Thompson Drewal
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..". an exceptionally rich source for all those interested in symbolic, religious or social studies." -- Tribus ..". an excellent book... fascinating to read." -- Research in African Literatures ..". a volume that establishes the standards by which future works on the masked festivals of the Yoruba and other Sub-Saharan African peoples will be judged." -- African Arts ..". the most sophisticated art historical analysis of a single African aesthetic tradition." -- Tribal Arts Review
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G?l?d?: Art and Female Power Among the Yoruba | Henry John Drewal, Margaret Thompson Drewal
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Has around 170 photos of various masks and dances used during the festival - can't not give the art a pick.

But the accompanying text is confusing. The chapter topics jump and if you have no background it takes a while to figure things out. Info on how the masks are carved is in the last chapter on individuals, not the two mask chapters. The festival's origin is almost at the end.