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The art of assemblage
Res. • 45 • Published In 2004 • Pages: 186-210
By: Blier, Suzanne Preston.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document argues that Dahomean art forms are not characterized by common, ethnically-shared, cultural expression. Instead, they constitute an assemblage of dissimilar styles historically borrowed from neighboring peoples and kingdoms. The document discusses this feature by using popular Dohomean sculptures as examples.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Visual arts
- Verbal arts
- Music
- Dance
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ethics
- Ethos
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fon
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benin (Dahomey)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Suzanne Preston Blier
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-210)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81649939
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fon (African people)