Frank Willett
Biographic Data
| ID | 100707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Willett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Willett |
| SIGNATURE | WILLETT F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 70 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 211 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 70 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1951 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Lead isotopes in West African copper alloys
The Elemental Composition of Benin Memorial Heads
Among the Nigerian cast copper‐alloy artefacts, the chronology of the Benin memorial heads has been the most fully worked out. Therefore, a study focused upon their elemental compositions is particularly likely to be interpretable in terms of development of the alloys used in their making. The elemental analyses, both published and unpublished, of 66 Benin heads, supplemented with seven analyses of some artefacts excavated from a well‐dated, very…
Composition and Style
Soixante tetes de « bronze » du Benin ont ete reparties en neuf groupes en fonction de la classification de Philip Dark a partir de l'analyse chimique de l'alliage dans lequel elles ont ete faconnees (pourcentage de zinc, de plomb et d'etain principalement)
Man and Metal in Ancient Nigeria
The Arts of Africa
Nigerian Life in Miniature
The Source and Significance of the Snake-Winged Bird in Southwestern Nigeria
The motif of the snake-winged bird was first described by William Fagg on an ivory double-bell from Benin that he dated to the sixteenth century: “a spread-eagled bird with snakes instead of wings which does not otherwise occur in Benin iconography but is found on two important figures at Jebba and Tada.” It is a puzzling motif, one of a group of three enigmatic motifs that seem to be interrelated in southwestern Nigeria. The others blend human c…
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Nigerian Thorn Carvings
The Art of Power the Power of Art
Expanding Horizons in African Art
African Furniture and Household Objects (Indianapolis Museum of Art) by Roy Sieber , New York, Bloomington and London: The American Federation of Arts and Indiana University Press, 1980, 279 pp., many ills, £22.50 cloth, £12 paper African Textiles: Looms, Weaving and Design (Museum of Mankind) by John Picton and John Mack , London: British Museum Publications, 1979, 208 pp., 208 ills, 28 colour pls, 10 figs, 5 maps, £8.95 cloth, £5.95 paper Texti…
Art and Death in a Senufo Village
Les Arts des Sao, Cameroun, Tchad, Nigeria. Par Jean-Paul et Annie Lebeuf. Photographies Dominique Darbois. Paris
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Art of the Mende from Sierra Leone
Treasures of Ancient Nigeria
Rejoinder to Claude Savary
The Anomalous Ife Alloy
An African Sculptor at Work
Sculptures D'Afrique
Black Gods and Kings
Nigeria
The Archaeology of Benin
True or False? The False Dichotomy
The Arts of the Edo-Speaking Peoples outside Benin City
T he principal papers in this issue of African Arts were originally presented in Chicago at a panel on the Arts of the Edo-speaking Peoples on February 2nd, 1976, during the annual conference of the College Art Association of America. The panel's origins, however, go back to November 1st, 1974, when Paula Ben-Amos, Perkins Foss and I lunched together during the annual conference of the African Studies Association, also held in Chicago. Paula had …
A Catalogue of Important Nigerian Copper‐alloy Castings Dated by Thermoluminescence
A Survey of Recent Results in the Radiocarbon Chronology of Westers and Northern Africa
This paper is the first in a series summarizing, for the benefit of historians and archaeologists from other areas, the latest developments in radiocarbon dating for the later prehistory of western and northern Africa. These articles will appear every two years, alternating with similar surveys of eastern and southern Africa. A selection of more than 200 dates from those not previously published in this Journal is discussed, and dates obtained by…
Ife in the History of West African Sculpture
Ife and its Archaeology
No general account of the archaeology of Ife has ever been published, although the demand for such an account has been increasing with the growing interest in the art of Ife. This paper attempts to fill the gap by providing a survey of the investigations which have been conducted there. The reader is also referred to a paper by William Fagg and the present author which attempts to summarize the reliable factual knowledge about Ancient Ife, inferr…
The Introduction of Maize into West Africa
Opening ParagraphIt is important to establish the date and route of the introduction of maize into West Africa for several reasons. It could throw light on early documents about the area, it would help to clarify certain questions of the contact of indigenous cultures with each other as well as with intrusive cultures, and it could introduce an element of absolute dating into the chronology of archaeological deposits in the area. The last point m…
A Catalogue of Important Nigerian Copper‐alloy Castings Dated by Thermoluminescence
Lead isotopes in West African copper alloys
The Archaeology of Benin
The Composition of Brasses From Ife and Benin
S Brass alloys from Ife are compared with a selection of brasses from Benin. Four sources of mixed zinc and lead ore were used in Ife. In Benin lead and copper from different sources were added to these four alloys, which may represent the melting down of older castings. Comparisons are made with analyses from Europe and other parts of Africa
Ife in the History of West African Sculpture
On the Identification of Individual Carvers
It has been stressed frequently enough by William Fagg (e.g. I956; I963: I I9-22) that African sculpture, particularly that of the Yoruba, can be studied in terms of individual artists whose identity can be discovered by patient enquiry in the field. Probably the most useful account of individual Yoruba carvers yet published is 'Three generations of Yoruba carvers' by Father Kevin Carroll (I96I). Two of his carvers are still alive and working and…
Spectrographic Analysis of Nigerian Bronzes
Bronze Figures from Ita Yemoo, Ife, Nigeria
On the Funeral Effigies of Owo and Benin and the Interpretation of the Life-Size Bronze Heads from Ife, Nigeria
Recent Excavations at Old Oyo and Ife, Nigeria
The Ore Grove at Ife, Western Nigeria
The Art of Power the Power of Art
African Art
Bronze and Terra-Cotta Sculptures from Ita Yemoo, Ife
Antiquities from the City of Benin and from Other Parts of West Africa in the British Museum
The Benin Museum Collection
Archaeological Evidence for Changes in Maize Type in West Africa
Teke Fetishes
Composition and Style
Soixante tetes de « bronze » du Benin ont ete reparties en neuf groupes en fonction de la classification de Philip Dark a partir de l'analyse chimique de l'alliage dans lequel elles ont ete faconnees (pourcentage de zinc, de plomb et d'etain principalement)
The Source and Significance of the Snake-Winged Bird in Southwestern Nigeria
The motif of the snake-winged bird was first described by William Fagg on an ivory double-bell from Benin that he dated to the sixteenth century: “a spread-eagled bird with snakes instead of wings which does not otherwise occur in Benin iconography but is found on two important figures at Jebba and Tada.” It is a puzzling motif, one of a group of three enigmatic motifs that seem to be interrelated in southwestern Nigeria. The others blend human c…
True or False? The False Dichotomy
An Anthropological Experiment in a British Colliery
The purpose of this paper is to compare the accident rates in units of different size within the National Coal Board (and their pre-nationalization counterparts), to show that there are broadly similar fluctuations throughout, to put forward an hypothesis as to the chief factor or factors determining these fluctuations and, finally, to describe an experiment based on this hypothesis and designed to decrease accidents
The Study of Engravings with the Help of Rubber Latex
Three Tanged Bronze Sickles in the Manchester Museum
A Maori Store-Chamber Slab in the Manchester Museum
Notes & Correspondence
Teke Fetishes
The Ore Grove at Ife, Western Nigeria
Bronze and Terra-Cotta Sculptures from Ita Yemoo, Ife
Bronze Figures from Ita Yemoo, Ife, Nigeria
A Hunter's Shrine in Yorubaland, Western Nigeria
Recent Excavations at Old Oyo and Ife, Nigeria
A Terra-Cotta Head from Old Oyo, Western Nigeria
Ife and its Archaeology
No general account of the archaeology of Ife has ever been published, although the demand for such an account has been increasing with the growing interest in the art of Ife. This paper attempts to fill the gap by providing a survey of the investigations which have been conducted there. The reader is also referred to a paper by William Fagg and the present author which attempts to summarize the reliable factual knowledge about Ancient Ife, inferr…
A Set of Gambling Pegs from the North-West Coast of America
Stone Carvings in an Ife Style from Eshure, Ekiti, Western Nigeria
The Introduction of Maize into West Africa
Opening ParagraphIt is important to establish the date and route of the introduction of maize into West Africa for several reasons. It could throw light on early documents about the area, it would help to clarify certain questions of the contact of indigenous cultures with each other as well as with intrusive cultures, and it could introduce an element of absolute dating into the chronology of archaeological deposits in the area. The last point m…
Archaeological Evidence for Changes in Maize Type in West Africa
Spectrographic Analysis of Nigerian Bronzes
A Further Shrine for a Yoruba Hunter
Kalabari Sculpture
On the Funeral Effigies of Owo and Benin and the Interpretation of the Life-Size Bronze Heads from Ife, Nigeria
Ife in the history of West African sculpture.
IFE in Nigerian Art
Report on the African Research Committee Conference on the African Iron Age
This conference was held at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, December 8 to 10, 1966, under the cochairmanship of Professor Frank Willett (Northwestern University) and Dr. Brian M. Fagan (University of Illinois). Thirteen persons in some way associated with Iron Age archaeology were official participants, and there were six observers who also contributed to the discussions. The names of these participants are listed at the end of this…
Yoruba Palaces
Journal Article Yoruba Palaces Get access Yoruba Palaces, by G. J. Afolabi Ojo.. Athlone Press, 1966. 110pp. 30s. Yoruba Culture, by G. J. Afolabi Ojo.. Athlone Press, 1966. 303pp. 30s. FRANK WILLETT FRANK WILLETT Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 66, Issue 265, October 1967, Pages 363–364, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095671 Published: 01 Octo…
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