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Author:

Sentance, Bryan.

Title:

Craft traditions of the world : locally made, globally inspiring / Bryan and Polly Sentance.

Publisher:

Thames & Hudson,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

240 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Handicraft.
Handicraft--History.

Other Authors:

Sentance, Polly.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235) and index.

Contents:

The sultan who became a weaver -- North America. Marine ivory ; Totem poles ; Horns, quills, and claws ; Shaker boxes ; Patchwork quilts ; Rustic furniture ; American folk art ; Plains bead appliqué ; Rawhide and buckskin ; Pueblo pottery ; Navajo pottery ; Coiled baskets in the Southwest ; Mexican painted ceramics ; Hojalata : tincraft -- Central and South America. Alfombras : Guatemalan flower carpets ; Molas : appliqué of the San Blas Islands ; Modelled foodstuff ; Filigree ; Gourd carving ; Appliqué pictures ; Knitted hats ; The backstrap loom ; Vegetable ivory ; Amazonian pottery ; Seeds, beans, and nuts ; Ponchos ; Shigras and mochilas --Europe. Painted furniture ; Frame baskets ; Birch-bark containers ; Irish lace ; The forge ; Working with stone ; Willow basketry ; Slip-trailed pottery ; Plasterwork ; Wooden toys and festive figures ; Blown glass ; Maiolica ; Glass beads ; Polish paper-cuts ; Painted Easter eggs ; Chip-carved spoons ; Khokhloma ware ; Embroidered costume -- Africa. Berber rugs ; Hands and crosses ; Tuareg leatherwork ; Fulani hats ; Calabashes ; Appliqué banners and flags ; Kente cloth ; Woodcarving ; Masks ; Indigo ; Hausa and Nupe embroidery ; Kuba raphia cloth ; Tutsi basketry ; Maasai beadwork ; Zulu beer pots ; Shona stone carving ; Recycled metal -- Asia. Inlay and marquetry ; Kilims ; Metal beating ; Persian carpets ; Weft wrapping ; The jewelry of Turkestan ; Felt ; Embroidery on the Silk Road ; Woodcarving in the Hindu Kush ; Papier mâché ; Tibetan tiger rugs ; Metal casting ; Lacquer ; Tied and stitched resist dyeing ; Ikat ; Rush shoes ; Stoneware pottery ; Mingei : Japanese folk art ; Painted and gilded wood ; Batik ; Bamboo and rattan baskets -- Australasia and Oceania. Aboriginal art ; Bilums : bags from New Guinea ; Shellwork ; Palm frond baskets ; Barkcloth ; Maori pendants ; Te whare runanga.

ISBN:

0500514666 (hbk.)
9780500514665 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317919883

LCCN:

2009900126

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)