Norma H Wolff
Biographic Data
| ID | 683233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norma H Wolff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norma H |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolff |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFF N H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Yoruba Religious Textiles: Essays in Honor of Cornelius Adepegba by Elisha P. Renne and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams
Africa: History, culture, and patronage
The Use of Human Images in Yoruba Medicines
Indigenous healers among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria regularly utilize small carved and molded three-dimensional human figures in their medicines. These figures are used by individuals in purposeful acts of mimesis to manipulate the social world. Four major types of Yoruba medicine figures act as surrogates, messengers, and the Yoruba everyman/woman to activate forces affecting individual lives. (Nigeria, Yoruba, medicine, art, magic) The …
Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yorùbá Universe
The Agbeni Shango Shrine in Ibadan: A Century of Continuity
Le temple Agbeni Shango a Ibadan (Nigeria) est consacre a Shango, divinite (orisha) Yoruba du tonnerre et de la foudre. A partir d'un fonds documentaire de textes, d'illustrations et de photographies, et de leurs propres observations depuis les annees 1970, les AA. decrivent les transformations iconographiques successives intervenues depuis plus d'un siecle sur les figures anthropomorphes des piliers qui entourent l'autel du temple. Apres une int…
Embroidered Gown and Equestrian Ensembles of the Kano Aristocracy
Les vetements portes par les membres masculins de l'aristocratie de l'Emirat du Kano au Nord du Nigeria refletent leur prestige social et leur pouvoir : les grandes toges (riga, girke) sur lesquelles sont brodes les motifs hausa (aska biyu, aska takwas), les turbans (rawani parmi lesquels le harsa et le dan ruga) et la grande cape (alkyabba) sont les principaux identificateurs vestimentaires de la famille royale. Meme les chevaux ont un equipemen…
A Hausa Aluminum Spoon Industry
Egungun Costuming in Abeokuta
n contemporary Yoruba society in southwestern Nigeria, the judicious use of clothing is recognized as a means of building individual, family, and social group prestige. Every important social event demands that participants wear proper clothing made from the proper fabrics. At a gathering such as a funeral weekend, which includes a church burial service, wake-keeping, and other social events, members of a wealthy Yoruba family are expected to app…
The Use of Human Images in Yoruba Medicines
Indigenous healers among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria regularly utilize small carved and molded three-dimensional human figures in their medicines. These figures are used by individuals in purposeful acts of mimesis to manipulate the social world. Four major types of Yoruba medicine figures act as surrogates, messengers, and the Yoruba everyman/woman to activate forces affecting individual lives. (Nigeria, Yoruba, medicine, art, magic) The …
The Agbeni Shango Shrine in Ibadan: A Century of Continuity
Le temple Agbeni Shango a Ibadan (Nigeria) est consacre a Shango, divinite (orisha) Yoruba du tonnerre et de la foudre. A partir d'un fonds documentaire de textes, d'illustrations et de photographies, et de leurs propres observations depuis les annees 1970, les AA. decrivent les transformations iconographiques successives intervenues depuis plus d'un siecle sur les figures anthropomorphes des piliers qui entourent l'autel du temple. Apres une int…
Embroidered Gown and Equestrian Ensembles of the Kano Aristocracy
Les vetements portes par les membres masculins de l'aristocratie de l'Emirat du Kano au Nord du Nigeria refletent leur prestige social et leur pouvoir : les grandes toges (riga, girke) sur lesquelles sont brodes les motifs hausa (aska biyu, aska takwas), les turbans (rawani parmi lesquels le harsa et le dan ruga) et la grande cape (alkyabba) sont les principaux identificateurs vestimentaires de la famille royale. Meme les chevaux ont un equipemen…
Egungun Costuming in Abeokuta
n contemporary Yoruba society in southwestern Nigeria, the judicious use of clothing is recognized as a means of building individual, family, and social group prestige. Every important social event demands that participants wear proper clothing made from the proper fabrics. At a gathering such as a funeral weekend, which includes a church burial service, wake-keeping, and other social events, members of a wealthy Yoruba family are expected to app…
Egungun Costuming in Abeokuta
n contemporary Yoruba society in southwestern Nigeria, the judicious use of clothing is recognized as a means of building individual, family, and social group prestige. Every important social event demands that participants wear proper clothing made from the proper fabrics. At a gathering such as a funeral weekend, which includes a church burial service, wake-keeping, and other social events, members of a wealthy Yoruba family are expected to app…
A Hausa Aluminum Spoon Industry
Embroidered Gown and Equestrian Ensembles of the Kano Aristocracy
Les vetements portes par les membres masculins de l'aristocratie de l'Emirat du Kano au Nord du Nigeria refletent leur prestige social et leur pouvoir : les grandes toges (riga, girke) sur lesquelles sont brodes les motifs hausa (aska biyu, aska takwas), les turbans (rawani parmi lesquels le harsa et le dan ruga) et la grande cape (alkyabba) sont les principaux identificateurs vestimentaires de la famille royale. Meme les chevaux ont un equipemen…
The Agbeni Shango Shrine in Ibadan: A Century of Continuity
Le temple Agbeni Shango a Ibadan (Nigeria) est consacre a Shango, divinite (orisha) Yoruba du tonnerre et de la foudre. A partir d'un fonds documentaire de textes, d'illustrations et de photographies, et de leurs propres observations depuis les annees 1970, les AA. decrivent les transformations iconographiques successives intervenues depuis plus d'un siecle sur les figures anthropomorphes des piliers qui entourent l'autel du temple. Apres une int…
Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yorùbá Universe
The Use of Human Images in Yoruba Medicines
Indigenous healers among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria regularly utilize small carved and molded three-dimensional human figures in their medicines. These figures are used by individuals in purposeful acts of mimesis to manipulate the social world. Four major types of Yoruba medicine figures act as surrogates, messengers, and the Yoruba everyman/woman to activate forces affecting individual lives. (Nigeria, Yoruba, medicine, art, magic) The …
Africa: History, culture, and patronage
Yoruba Religious Textiles: Essays in Honor of Cornelius Adepegba by Elisha P. Renne and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams
Art (6 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Yoruba (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Geography (2 works)