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Patronage and Nupe craft industries

African arts13 (3)Published In 1980 • Pages: 71-75+92

By: Perani, Judith.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the artist-patron relationship among the Nupe of central Nigeria from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Perani discusses the role of the noble and royal classes as important patrons of traditional Nupe crafts (brass and glass working, wood carving, etc.), and the manner in which these crafts were affected by the tourist trade and contact with other ethnic groups.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Social relationships and groups
Labor organization
Occupational specialization
Smiths and their crafts
Acculturation and culture contact
External trade
History
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nupe
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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.
Ethnologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1973
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1870-1973
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
Judith Perani
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sf 77000055
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Art, African--Periodicals
Nupe (African people)