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Author:

Spring, Christopher.

Title:

African textiles today / Chris Spring.

Publisher:

The British Museum Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

256 p : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Textile fabrics--Africa.
Costume--Africa.
Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Africa.
Visual communication--Africa.
Textile fabrics in art.
Art, African--Themes, motives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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African textiles as historical documents -- Textiles and contemporary African art -- Fabric of a nation : the printed cloth of West Africa -- Kanga, capulana and shweshwe : printed cloth of Eastern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.

ISBN:

0714115592
9780714115597
1588343804
9781588343802

OCLC:

(OCoLC)793219855

LCCN:

2012020635

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)