African textiles today / Chris Spring.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spring, Christopher
Language:English
Published: London : The British Museum Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics > Africa.
Costume > Africa.
Clothing and dress > Symbolic aspects > Africa.
Visual communication > Africa.
Textile fabrics in art.
Art, African > Themes, motives.
Physical Description:256 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Format: Book
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  • African textiles as historical documents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 : the 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.