Research Catalog

Title

Ethiopia : traditions of creativity / edited by Raymond A. Silverman.

Publication

Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Silverman, Raymond Aaron.

Description

xix, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.

Subject

Art, Ethiopian > Themes, motives

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-292) and index.

Contents

Traditions of creativity / Raymond A. Silverman -- Artifacts as "daily art" in Meén culture : the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa / Jon Abbink -- Harari basketry through the eyes of Amina Ismael Sherif / Ahmed Zekaria -- Every woman an artist : the milk containers of Elema Boru / Marco Bassi -- Zerihun Yetmgeta and Ethiopian world art / Elisabeth Biasio -- Menjiye Tabeta-- artist and actor : the life and work of a Fuga woodworker / Alula Pankhurst and Worku Nida -- Qes Adamu Tesfaw-- a priest who paints : painting in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Raymond A. Silverman -- Jembere and his son Marcos : traditional painting at the end of the twentieth century / Raymond A. Silverman and Girma Fisseha -- Silverwork in the highlands : the life and work of Gezahegan Gebre Yohannes and Abib Saíd / Raymond A. Silverman and Neal W. Sobania -- Sorghum surprise : the models of Tolera Tafa / Neal W. Sobania -- Tabita Hatuti : biography of a woman potter / Tsehai Berhane-Selassie -- Ilto and Arba-- two Doko weavers / Mary Ann Zelinsky-Cartledge and Daniel M. Cartledge.

Call Number

Sc E 99-1035

ISBN

029597740X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98015691

OCLC

38870657

Title

Ethiopia : traditions of creativity / edited by Raymond A. Silverman.

Imprint

Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, c1999.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-292) and index.

Added Author

Silverman, Raymond Aaron.

Research Call Number

Sc E 99-1035