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ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS 3.1 Locations of Linguistic Groups and Places Mentioned 3.2 Three West African Conquest States 11.1 Ogun and Iron in Yorubaland FIGURES 4° 41 27° 3.1 3.2 3·3 6.1 6.2 6·3 6·4 6·S 6.6 6·7 6.8 6·9 8.1 8.2 8·3 8·4 9.1 9.2 9·3 9·4 9·5 9.6 9·7 9.8 9·9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 10.1 10.2 Royal Brass Plaque from Benin Iron Statue of Gu from Dahomey Royal Brass Stool from Benin A Blacksmith's Ogun Shrine, Ila The King Dances at the Ogun Shrine, Ila Hunter Masqueraders Chant Jjala for Ogun Plan of Ogun Festival at Ila: Ritual Space and Participants The King of Ila Wearing an Ologun Crown Mock Battle between Palace Servants and Town Chiefs, Ila Notables Greet King of Ila during Ogun Festival Woman Chief Dances before King of Ila during Ogun Festival Carved Panels on Palace Veranda, Ila Iremoje Chanters Perform at Hunter's Funeral Display of Deceased Hunter's Paraphernalia A Yoruba Hunter and His Hunting Dog A Yoruba Hunter Going to War Draped in Mariwo, Possessed Priestess Greets Devotee Mediums Open Ceremony to Ogun Mediums Invoke Each Deity Medium Enters Trance Attendants Bind Cloth around Possessed Medium Four Mediums Possessed Simultaneously by Ogun Medium Dances for Ogun with Iron Pincer Possessed Medium Greets Audience Shoulder Blades of Possessed Dancer Move with Drum Rhythms "Ogun" Bursts Forward with Iron Blades and Miniature Gun Medium Tires from Being "Ridden" by Ogun Medium Emerges from Trance Man Blows on Ogun Medium's Head Newly Initiated Medium "Comes Out" in Brazil Ritual Battle for Ogun in Brazil, 1888 Three Types of $f<)n Yoruba Body Marks Tatoo Cicatrice on Woman's Hand 45 54 S6 1°9 III 113 115 117 119 119 121 126 177 177 183 186 2°9 212 212 213 213 214 21 4 215 218 218 221 221 221 222 226 246 249 viii Illustrations 10.3 Kolo Designs of Woman's Arm and Hand 249 10.4 Elaborate Kolo Design of Woman's Back Depicting Two Ostriches on Shoulder Blades 249 10.5 Kolo Designs on Woman's Back 249 10.6 Four Types of Body Design: "Husband Sits on Lap," Palm Tree, Lizards and Chameleons, and King's Crown 250 10.7 Body Artist's Tools and Ritual Implements 253 10.8 Body Artist Demonstrates His Skill 253 11.1 A Female Devotee of Ogun 273 13.1 Chromolithograph of S1. Jacques 302 14.1 An Abeokuta Egungun Masker 334 14.2 Initiates Having Their Heads Painted 338 14.3 Initiates Having Their Heads Painted 338 14.4 A Priestess Points to the Intersection of Lines 340 14.5 The Division of the Head 340 14.6 Head Painting Called o.« 344 14.7 Initiate with Finfin and Facial Marks 344 14.8 Adesina (Remigio Herrera) of Cuba 347 14.9 Priest of Obatala Dancing 348 15.1 Ogun Pot 354 15.2 Memorial Bust of a Lukumi Priestess 356 15.3 Principal ij¢~a Shrine for Ogun in Cuba 357 15.4 Commemorative Statue Honoring a Family Ogun 358 15.5 Outdoor Shrine in Brooklyn, New York 360 15.6 Ogun Ode-Ogun the Hunter 364 ...

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