Research Catalog

Title

Weaving abstraction : Kuba textiles and the woven art of Central Africa / Vanessa Drake Moraga.

Author

Moraga, Vanessa Drake

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Textile Museum, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)

Description

218 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map; 30 x 30 cm.

Subjects

• Textile fabrics, Kuba
• Kuba (African people) > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History

Note

• "First published on the occasion of the exhibition ... the Textile Museum, Wasghinton, D.C., October 15, 2011-February 12, 2012."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index.

Source of Description (note)

• This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Contents

Map : the cultures and ancient kingdoms of central Africa -- The people of the lightning -- Raffia : the elemental fiber -- Pattern and prestige : the Kongo Kingdom -- Rhythm and restraint : early Congo textiles -- Woto's symbols : textiles of the Kuba Kingdom -- A wealth of symbols -- The pattern realm : Kuba men's status cloths -- Pattern -- Perception and process -- The Shoowa aesthetic -- Fractal thinking -- Infinite abstraction : Kuba ceremonial skirts -- The aesthetic universe of the Kuba -- Kuba noblewomen's ceremonial skirts -- Kuba male titleholder's skirts -- Kuba regalia -- The dimension of form-- Kasai baskets -- Lozi baskets -- The fiber art and basketry of the Great Lakes Region.

ISBN

• 9780874050363 (pbk.)
• 0874050367 (pbk.)
• 0874050359
• 9780874050356
• 9780894050356 (hardcover) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2011500572

OCLC

• ocn759834668
• 759834668
• SCSB-5630329

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries