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NIRU LIBRARY

African textiles today /

Spring, Christopher.

African textiles today / Chris Spring. - London : The British Museum Press , 2012. - 256 p : ill., map ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

African textiles as historical documents -- Textiles and contemporary African art -- Fabric of a nation : the printed cloth of West Africa -- Kanga, capulana and shweshwe : printed cloth of Eastern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.

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Textile fabrics--Africa.
Costume--Africa.
Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Africa.
Visual communication--Africa.
Textile fabrics in art.
Art, African--Themes, motives.

NK 8987 / . S674 2012

746.096
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