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Click to enlargeAfrican Design: An Illustrated Survey of Traditional Craftwork

Margaret Trowell
Our Price$14.95New!(Table of Contents)
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486427145
Page Count: 160
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11
Nearly 200 handsome illustrations depict geometric patterns in ornamental basketry; repetitive motifs in fabrics; batiks and tie-dyed cloth; incised and moulded decorations on the exteriors of houses; beaded bags, belts, and boots; carvings on bowls, drinking vessels, door panels; and much else. An excellent reference for collectors and students of African art.
Republication of second edition of African Design, published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York & Washington, 1966.

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