At home in Africa : design, beauty and pleasing irregularity in domestic settings / Kathy Curnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curnow, Kathy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interior decoration--Africa--Exhibitions.

Interior decoration.

Architecture, Domestic--Africa--Exhibitions.

Architecture, Domestic.

House furnishings--Africa--Exhibitions.

House furnishings.

Africa.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

286 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, OH : The Galleries at Cleveland State University, [2014]

Summary:

"Overview of African homes and household art objects with closer examination of the Tuareg, Fulani, Bamana, Hausa, Nupe, Akan, Yoruba, Cameroon Grassfields, Kuba and Zulu"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

To house and secure: the home and its furnishings

To make and to store: work, tools and containers

To prepare and consume: cooking and serving

To dress and to groom: presentation of self, clothing and accessories

To reveal and to pray: sacred corners and devotional moments

To relax and to play: leisure, games and toys

Tuareg households

Fulani households

Bamana households

Hausa households

Nupe households

Akan households

Yoruba households

Cameroon grassfields households

Kuba peoples' households

Zulu households.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition At Home in Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings, August 28, 2014-October 4, 2014."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286).

ISBN:

9780692269671

0692269673

OCLC:

887188063