African Textiles

by John Picton and John Mack

Book Overview

An illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064301907
• ISBN13: 9780064301909
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Contents

african textiles John Picton & John Mack Covers textile arts from the entire continent and beautifully illustrated. "In Africa textiles are used not only as everyday clothing but for special events, sometimes with ritual meanings, and to decorate houses and shrines as well as people. This book looks beyond the design and making of African cloth to its social, political and religious significance."