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SKIN-COVERED MASKS FROM THE CROSS RIVER REGION OF NIGERIA AND CAMEROON AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART: A TECHNICAL STUDY

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Further Reading

  • Campbell, K. F. 1983. Nsibidi update/Nsibidi actualize. Arts d'Afrique Noire 47(automne): 33–46.
  • Dalziel, J. M. 1948. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies.
  • Nicklin, K., and J. Salmons. 1984. Cross River art styles. African Arts 18(1, November): 28–43, 93–4.
  • Schädler, K.-F. 1984. Ekoi. München: Panterra.
  • Sieber, R., and B. Hecht. 2002. Eastern Nigerian art from the Toby and Barry Hecht Collection. African Arts 35(1, Spring): 56–77, 95–6.
  • Poynor, R. 2001. Cross River, Cameroon Grasslands, and Gabon. In History of art in Africa, eds. M. Blackmun Visonà, R. Poynor, and H. M. Cole. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 330–65, 534.

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