The Structure and Function of Yoruba Facial Scarification  

Oleh:

Orie, Olanike Ola

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 53 no. 1 (2011), page 15-33.
Fulltext: 41472238.pdf (1.81MB)

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Among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, one commonly encounters people with different patterns of facial stripes produced by scarification. It has long been observed that such stripes are labels of clan identification among the Yoruba. This article considers facial stripes from a structural viewpoint, and shows that the attested patterns are rooted in Yoruba number symbolism.

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