EXAMINING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ART AND DESIGNS IN THE NIGERIA TRADITIONAL SOCIETY

The contribution of Art and Design to Nigeria traditional society can be one of the general inclination and practice found in almost every human society. It is insert of the contribution of people who are into the practice of the skills of their vocation or trades. The contribution is more of a variety of human activities and the products of those activities include the development of images or objects in various fields of arts such as ceramics, literature, sculpture, textile designs, music, drama, and others. Today there is so much talk about cultural revival in Nigeria society. This can only be achieved when we examine the various contributions of art and design, to see how we can utilize them in the various aspects of our tradition that needed revisited. The thrust of this paper is to access the contribution of arts and design in Nigeria cultural or traditional society.