Picton, John (Personal Name)

nuc86-112046: Earthenware in Asia and Africa, c1984 (hdg. on NjP rept.: Picton, John; usage: John Picton)

LC data base, 12/18/87 (hdg.: Picton, John)

Academia.edu website, November 15, 2021: John Picton's curriculum vitae (John Picton is Emeritus Professor of African Art in the University of London, and professorial research associate in the Department of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, where he was teaching and writing from 1979 to 2003 when he retired, according to the rules then in force. He was previously employed by the British Museum, 1970-1979, and by the Department of Antiquities (now the National Commission for Museums and Monuments) of the Federal Government of Nigeria, 1961-1970. He was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School (1949-1956) and University College London (1956-1959) where he studied Anthropology (social and biological + archaeology), with Zoology as a subsidiary subject. His research and publication interests have included Yoruba and Edo (Benin) sculpture; masquerade; textile history; the inter-relationship of traditions and practices in the Niger-Benue confluence region of Nigeria with particular reference to Ebira and Akoko-Edo; and developments in sub-Saharan visual practice since the mid-19th century; and whenever possible working across an inter-disciplinary context that entails social anthropology, archaeology and material culture, history of art, and comparative ritual practice. Earthenware in Asia and Africa appears in his publications list) https://soas.academia.edu/JohnPicton/CurriculumVitae

VIAF, November 15, 2021 (access point: Picton, John, 1938- ) https://viaf.org/viaf/92380593/