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African Designs from Traditional Sources
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Geoffrey Williams
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971-01-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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Black-and-white linocut prints of geometric and abstract motifs, textual patterns, masks, and mythical figures provide a pictorial presentation of African desig
African Textiles Today
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Chris Spring
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-09 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

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African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range f
African Textiles
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: John Gillow
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09 - Publisher: Chronicle Books

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Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.
Masks of Black Africa
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Ladislas Segy
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1976-01-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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Pictures grotesques, masks, and headdresses of various African tribes as well as exploring the psychological and ideological meaning, and ritual function of mas
African Symbols
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Heike Owusu
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

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From masks to the symbolic script of the Ashanti, symbols play an important role in all aspects of African life. These sacred items come in a breathtaking array