Rea, W orcid.org/0000-0003-0294-5019 (2022) The King’s Horseman: Portraits of Authority in Southwestern Nigeria. The Art Bulletin, 104 (1). pp. 118-145. ISSN 0004-3079
Abstract
This paper documents the visual culture of Nigeria at the beginning of the twentieth century. It offers a discussion of a single piece of woodcarving and places this in relation to workshop carvings in the Yoruba town of Abeokuta. More precisely, it places that work into the context of a colonial history, suggesting the carving is a portrait and record of a particular event. The paper looks to other examples of Yoruba woodcarving, placing them into relationship with historical events before moving to a wider consideration of Yoruba visual culture and its representations of Yoruba cultural agency in relation to the British colonial regime.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of an article published in The Art Bulletin. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2021 15:28 |
Last Modified: | 06 Apr 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00043079.2021.1964840 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176124 |