Here's - Center for Puppetry Arts

Witte, Hans,
Dr. Witte,
Hans, Dr.
Wolfe, George
Woods,
Geraldine.
World in motion :
Gelede puppets of
the Anago Yoruba /
/ Hans Witte ;
fotografie Ferry
Herrebrugh.
design in papierma^che´,
plaster,
Jim Henson : from
puppets to muppets
DT515.45.Y67
W57 2001 2001
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south-western Yoruba in
Nigeria and Benin is
concerned with female power -
the most powerful of all forces
in the Yoruba universe. Much
less well-known than the
"classic" Gelede masks are
the puppets masks which
provide comic relief during the
festivals organized by the
society. Teh movable puppets
on top of the masks comment,
often satirically, on a variety of
events in the day-to-day life of
a Yuroba community. This is
the first-ever publication
devoted to Gelede puppet
masks. The study is based on
dozens of specimens from the
private collection of Ursula
English
Subtitles
TT916 .W65
1995 1995 English
Afrika Museum
Davis Publications,
Inc
PN1982.H46
W66 1987 1987 Dillon Press