Hair in African art and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors:	Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001, Herreman, Frank, Niangi Batulukisi
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Munich : Museum for African Art ; Prestel, 2000.
Subjects:	Hairstyles > Africa > Exhibitions. Hair in art > Exhibitions. Art, African > Exhibitions. Sculpture, African > Exhibitions.

Table of Contents:

Prelude: Hairdressing
Prologue / Roy Sieber
History / Ray Sieber
Hair in African art and culture / Niangi Batulukusi
Interlude 1: status or identity: spiritual or secular
Sculptural modes of representing coiffures / Frank Herreman
Interlude 2: Wigs, hats and beards
Women's hair and Sowei Masks in Southern Sierra Leone and Western Liberia / William Siegmann
Coiffures of the Dan and Wè of Ivory Coast in 1938-39 / Elze Bruyninx
Interlude III: Children and dolls
A note on hair and mourning, wspecially in Ghana / Roy Sieber
Orilonse. The Hermeneutics of the head and hairstyles among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal
Hairstyles among the Margi / James H. Vaughan
Mangbetu hairstyles and the art of seduction: "Lipombo" / Els de Palmanaer
Interlude IV: Tools and ornaments
Hair matters in South Central Africa / Manuel Jordan
Cross dressing for the Spirits in Shamba Ughanga / Barbara Thompson
A note on Gender Reversal / Ray Sieber
Headrests and hair ornaments: signifying more than status / Karel Nel
Interlude V: Neck rests
Rasta hair, US and Ghana: a personal note / Marianna Ross
Interlude VI: Contemporary Africa
What is really happening here? Black hair among African Americans and in American culture / Kennel Jackson.