African Textiles in Iowa," a current exhibit at the Stanley Museum of Art, highlights a selection of textiles from a ...

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and beholder- Aldous Huxley. It is safe to say that whatever fashion or beauty trend is in vogue now has a history of existence, and as such, ...

From initiation rites to harvest festivals, many traditional African rituals require participants to don masks and elaborate costumes that transform their wearers into spirits, beasts, or ancestral ...

Archaeologists discovered possibly the oldest known cremation pyre in Africa, clarifying the issues of cultural complexity of ...

John Kinahan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

AT a joint meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute, the English Folk Dance Society, and the Folk Lore Society, held on Tuesday, November 23, in the Parry Theatre of the Royal College of Music, ...