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African textiles today / Chris Spring.
Fine Arts Library NK8987 .S674 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spring, Christopher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile fabrics--Africa.
- Textile fabrics.
- Costume--Africa.
- Costume.
- Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Africa.
- Clothing and dress.
- Visual communication--Africa.
- Visual communication.
- Textile fabrics in art.
- Art, African--Themes, motives.
- Art, African.
- Art.
- Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : The British Museum Press ; [Washington, DC] : Smithsonian Books, in association with British Museum Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- African textiles as historical documents
- Textiles and contemporary African art
- Fabric of a nation : the printed cloth of West Africa
- Kanga, capulana and shweshwe : printed cloth of Eastern and Southern Africa
- Textiles and trade
- Textiles, status and leadership
- Patterns of thought : textiles and systems of belief in North and West Africa
- Textiles and communication
- Through the lens : textiles, art and photography in Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1588343804
- 9781588343802
- 9780714115597
- 0714115592
- OCLC:
- 793219855
- Publisher Number:
- 99957536159
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