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Bogolanfini Mud Cloth: Textile Art with CD
Sam Hilu
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Description for Bogolanfini Mud Cloth: Textile Art with CD
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200+ color photos. BIC Classification: WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1280.
This is an important resource for designers, textile lovers, and African art scholars. Over 200 color photographs beautifully illustrate the mud-cloth art of the Bogolan people in Mali, Africa. Their art form, in which geometric, abstract, and semi-abstract patterns are hand painted with mud dyes on hand woven cloth, has gained enormous popularity internationally. Informative text, by noted African art historian Irwin Hersey, examines the evolving cultural role of mud-cloth art, and gives technical information about traditional methods of its production. The mud-cloth designs featured in this book come from African artists, who have depicted scenes of African village life, ... Read more
This is an important resource for designers, textile lovers, and African art scholars. Over 200 color photographs beautifully illustrate the mud-cloth art of the Bogolan people in Mali, Africa. Their art form, in which geometric, abstract, and semi-abstract patterns are hand painted with mud dyes on hand woven cloth, has gained enormous popularity internationally. Informative text, by noted African art historian Irwin Hersey, examines the evolving cultural role of mud-cloth art, and gives technical information about traditional methods of its production. The mud-cloth designs featured in this book come from African artists, who have depicted scenes of African village life, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
1279g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764321870
SKU
V9780764321870
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Sam Hilu
Sam Hilu travels the world in search of unique and desirable hand-crafted goods, and helps to adapt tribal arts to the popular market. Irwin Hersey is an internationally recognized authority on tribal arts and a renowned collector.
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