| Description |
208 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: The cultural context of textiles; What is a textile?; Textile design; The economic status of weavers -- 2. The raw materials: wool; silk; cotton; bast; raphia; indigo and other dyes; barkcloth and other felted fabrics -- 3. The loom: methods of applying warp tension; shedding devices; the structural basis of textile design --4. The single-heddle loom: the Berber loom; the Nigerian vertical loom; single-heddle looms with discrete warp lengths -- 5. The double-heddle loom in West Africa; Mende, Bambara, Fulani, Djerma, Hausa, Yoruba, Ashanti, Ewe, Manjako-Pepel, variations of loom structure -- 6. Weaving in Madagascar: Malagasy loom types; Malagasy cloth -- 7. Pattern-dyeing: Yoruba adire cloth; Bambara mud cloth -- 8. Drawn, painted, printed and stencilled patterns -- 9. Appliqué and related techniques: quilting; patchwork -- 10. Embroidery: embroidery in West Africa; Bakuba embroidery |
| Analysis |
African textile arts |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 204-205 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Textile fabrics -- Africa.
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| Author |
Mack, John B., 1935-2003.
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British Museum.
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| LC no. |
80500947 |
| ISBN |
0714115525 |
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