Translator
Pierre Nadon
First Page
29
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
38
Abstract
Beads are objects of infinite diversity among the Mina-Guen of southern Togo. They accompany the people in all the material and spiritual aspects of their existence. However, while the beads serve such varied functions as ornaments, currency and emblems of wealth and prestige, they find their principal use in voodoo.
Publisher Information
The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Repository Citation
Nourisson, Pascale
(1992).
"Beads in the Lives of the Peoples of Southern Togo, West Africa."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
4: 29-38. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol4/iss1/6
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