Abstract

Part one - Early history, trade and contact: Lower Niger bronze industries and the archaeology of the Niger Delta from middlemen to missionaries bulletproof - exploring the warrior ethos in Ijo culture. Part two - Environment and cultural confluence: from river horses to dancing sharks - canoes and fish in Ijo art and ritual the Isoko as a delta people celebrating water spirits - influence, confluence and difference in Ijebu-Yoruba and Delta masquerades Part three - Arts and identity: everyone to his quarter - ethnic interaction, emulation and change in Itsekiri visual culture tricks of the trade - a study of Ikakibite (cloth of the tortoise) among the Eastern Ijo the arts of the Ogoni fitting farewells - the fine art of Kalabari funerals. Conclusion - reflections - looking back on our journey. Appendix: crosscurrents and confluences - linguistic clues to cultural development.

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