Program

Research Programs: Scholarly Publications

Period of Performance

10/1/1982 - 4/30/1984

Funding Totals

$6,277.00 (approved)
$6,277.00 (awarded)


Gelede: Art and Feminine Power Among the Yoruba, By Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal

FAIN: RP-20362-82

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
Janet Rabinowitch (Project Director: May 1982 to October 1990)

To support publication of a study of Gelede masquerades, elaborate artistic performances practiced by Yoruba peoples in Nigeria and Benin to pay homage to forces in the cosmos.