An edition of African textiles
(2016)
African textiles
color and creativity across a continent
Compact edition.
by John Gillow
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Comprehensive survey of the traditional, handcrafted, indigenous textiles of the entire African continent, illustrated with over 570 spectacular color photographs ... With a useful glossary and map, a guide to collections open to the public, and references for further reading.
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African Art, Catalogs, Handicraft, Textile crafts, Clothing and dress, Textile fabrics, Decoration and ornament, Arts, africaPlaces
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African textiles: color and creativity across a continent
2016
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- Compact edition.
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Table of Contents
Introduction The
Diversity of African textiles --
West Africa -- -- Introduction
Stripweaves --
The Tripod loom stripweaves of Sierra Leone and Liberia --
Ashanti stripweaves --
Ewe stripweaves --
Djerma weaving of Niger and Burkina-Faso --
Woolen stripweaves of the Niger bend --
Nigerian horizontal-loom weaving --
Yoruba lace weave --
Nigerian women's vertical looms --
The Supplementary weft cloths of Ijebu-Ode and Akwete --
Tie and dye --
Nigerian tie and dye --
Tie and dye of the Dida, Ivory Coast --
Stitched resist --
Yoruba stitched resist --
Machine-stitched resist --
Yoruba and Bauleʹ warp ikat --
Nigerian starch-resist by hand -- Stencilled starch-resist --
Wax resist --
Mali mud cloths --
Adinkra stamped cloths of Ghana --
Stamped, stencilled and dyed clothing from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Mali --
Fante flags from Ghana --
Painted calligraphy cloths and amulets --
Embroidered robes of the Hausa and the Nupe --
Yoruba beadwork --
North Africa -- -- Introduction
Berber vertical looms --
Ground weaves --
Henna-dyed Anti-atlas woollens --
Algerian Berber weaves --
Berber wool and cotton weaves of Tunisia --
Horizontal loom urban weaves --
Pit-looms of Egypt --
Tapestry weaves of Egypt and Morocco --
The Lampas weaves of Fez and Tetouan --
Moroccan tie and dye --
South Tunisian tie and dye --
Mediterranean-influenced urban embroidery --
Ottoman-influenced urban embroidery --
Tunisian-influenced urban embroidery --
Tunisian metal-thread embroidery --
The Embroidery of Siwa Oasis, Egypt --
Egyptian appliqueʹ --
Assyut silvered work on net, Egypt --
East Africa -- -- Introduction
The Cotton shawls of Ethiopia --
Ethiopian embroidery --
Leather, shell and beadwork --
Bark cloth of Uganda --
Kangas and kikois --
Central Africa -- -- Introduction
Cameroon raphia weaving --
Ndop resist-dyed cloth of grasslands Cameroon --
Kuba raphia weaving in the Congo --
Kuba appliqueʹd and embroidered skirts --
Shoowa cut-pile embroidery, the Congo --
Tied and stitched-resist textiles of the Kuba, the Congo --
Pygmy and Kuba bark cloth, the Congo --
Bead and shell work of the Congo and Cameroon --
Crocheted hats from Cameroon --
Feathered hats of Cameroon --
Southern Africa -- -- Introduction
Zulu beadwork --
Ndebele beadwork --
Xhosa beadwork --
Madagascan raphia --
Madagascan silk ---- Glossary-- Museum Collections.
Edition Notes
Originally published: 2003.
"With 585 illustrations, 572 in color."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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