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Yoruba religious textiles : essays in honour of Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba

by Elisha Renne, Babatunde Agbaje-Williams

This collection of ten studies explores the significance of cloth in Yoruba religious worship in Nigeria, examining how designers and practitioners use textiles to represent religious, philosophical and aesthetic beliefs through colour plates and photographs.

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