Yoruba Religious Textiles: Essays in Honour of Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba

Yoruba Religious Textiles is a collection of ten studies of the significance of cloth in religious worship, including indigenous and imported religions among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The authors of these chapters examine the various ways that Yoruba designers and religious practitioners use textiles to represent religious, philosophical and aesthetic beliefs. The volume is amply illustrated, with 16 color plates and many b/w photographs.