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March 01 2007
Marks of Identity: Potters of the Folona (Mali) and Their “Mothers”
Barbara E. Frank
Barbara E. Frank
Barbara E. Frank is associate professor of art history at Stony Brook University. Her primary research has been in Mali, West Africa, where she has worked with ceramic and textile artists, leatherworkers, and blacksmiths on artistry, technology, and social identity. Her major publications include Mande Potters and Leatherworkers. Art and Heritage in West Africa (Smithsonian, 1998, 2001) and an edited volume Status and Identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande (Indiana, 1995). bfrank@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
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Barbara E. Frank
Barbara E. Frank is associate professor of art history at Stony Brook University. Her primary research has been in Mali, West Africa, where she has worked with ceramic and textile artists, leatherworkers, and blacksmiths on artistry, technology, and social identity. Her major publications include Mande Potters and Leatherworkers. Art and Heritage in West Africa (Smithsonian, 1998, 2001) and an edited volume Status and Identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande (Indiana, 1995). bfrank@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Online Issn: 1937-2108
Print Issn: 0001-9933
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2007
African Arts (2007) 40 (1): 30–41.
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Barbara E. Frank; Marks of Identity: Potters of the Folona (Mali) and Their “Mothers”. African Arts 2007; 40 (1): 30–41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2007.40.1.30
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