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History, design, and craft in West African strip-woven cloth : papers presented at a symposium organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 18-19, 1988

National museum of African art .Washington, DC c1992

Available at 33MQB MQB Bibliothèque de recherche (DT 482.5 .T5 His )

Title:
History, design, and craft in West African strip-woven cloth : papers presented at a symposium organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 18-19, 1988
Author: National museum of African art .Washington, DC
Subjects: Textiles et tissus -- Congrès -- Afrique occidentale;
Tissage à la main -- Congrès -- Afrique occidentale;
Tisserands -- Congrès -- Afrique occidentale;
Textile fabrics, Black -- Congresses -- Africa, West;
West African strip weaving -- Congresses;
Hand weaving -- Congresses -- Africa, West;
Men weavers -- Congresses -- Africa, West
Description: Bibliogr.
Foreword / Sylvia H. Williams Introduction / Roy Sieber Tradition, technology, and lurex / John Picton Clothing from burial caves in Mali, 11th-18th century / Rita Bolland The eye, the hand, and the stripe / Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy The cloth connection / Judith Perani Traditional cloth from the Ewe heartland / Merrick Posnansky The sociological significance and uses of Mende country cloth / Joanna P. Edwards
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Museum, c1992
Creation Date: c1992
Format: 1 vol. (168 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., cartes ; 23 cm
Language: English

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