African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent

by John Gillow

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The traditional, handcrafted textiles of Africa are sumptuous, intricate, and steeped in cultural significance. Region by region, African Textiles covers, as no other volume has, the handmade textiles of West, North, East, Central, and Southern Africa, outlining the range of weaving techniques, and the different types of looms, materials, and dyes that create these sumptuous works. Nor does it neglect the cultural context of African textiles, assessing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0500292213

ISBN13:9780500292211

Release Date:February 2016

Publisher:Thames & Hudson

Length:240 Pages

Weight:2.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 8.5" x 10.8"

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