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African elegance / Ettagale Blauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blauer, Ettagale.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, African.
- Decorative arts--Africa.
- Decorative arts.
- Costume--Africa.
- Costume.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Rizzoli International, 1999.
- Summary:
- A lavishly illustrated volume exploring Africa's rich traditions of crafts and decorative arts. Concentrating on Africa south of the Sahara, this highlights the jewelry, beadwork, textiles, masks, leatherwork, stone carving and metalwork of a wide variety of cultures. It is a super ] photographic record of Africa's material cultures, and is well researched with accessible text .
- Contents:
- Wood 20
- Stonework 48
- Beadwork 60
- Paint & Body Decoration 100
- Metalwork 122
- Weaving 138
- Leather 160.
- Notes:
- "First published in 1999 by New Holland Publishers"--Colophon.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0847822249
- 185368970X
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