A note on orthography
Introduction
Vodun, sacrifice, and the sinuka
The invention of ancestral asen
The Hountondji family of Smiths and Dahomean royal patronage
From tourist to sacred: colonial culture and the creation of traditions
Messages of power: asen tableau to the early twentieth century
Mixed messages and migrating meanings
Death and the culture wars: the 1990s.
Asen, ancestors, and vodun : tracing change in African art by Edna G. Bay. ISBN 9780252032554. Published by University of Illinois Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.