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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.

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.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : The Museum, c1992.

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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Description
168 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
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.
Call Number
Sc D 93-120
LCCN
88025845
OCLC
NYPG93-B7198
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.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : The Museum, c1992.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Research Call Number
Sc D 93-120
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