Abstract

Introduction: Colonial Power and Aesthetic Practice Part 1. Warriors 1. Maa Warriorhood and British Colonial Discourse 2. Idoma Warriorhood and the Pax Britannica Part 2. Sculptors and Smiths 3. Colonial Rupture and Innovation 4. Samburu Smiths, Idoma Maskmakers: Power at a Distance Part 3. Masks, Spears, the Body 5. Mask and Spear: Art, Thing, Commodity 6. Warrior Theatre and the Ritualized Body Part 4. Commodities 7. Idoma Sculpture: Colonialism and the Market for African Art 8. Samburu Encounters with Modernity: Spears as Tourist Souvenirs 9. Samburu Warriors in Hollywood Films: Cinematic Commodities Reprise: The Three C's: Colonialism, Commodities, and Complex Representations Coda: From Spears to Guns in the North Rift

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