Beschreibung:

347 S.; zahlr. Illustrationen; 30,5 cm; kart.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - Aus der Bibliothek von H. J. Koloß / Völkerkunde-Museum Berlin. - INHALT : Foreword Acknowledgments ----- Notes to the Reader ----- Introduction: Fine Weaves and Tangled Webs ----- Doran H Ross : Asante: Kingdom of Cloth ----- Doran H Ross : A Beautiful Cloth Does Not Wear Itself ----- Doran H Ross ----- Interleaf A: In Place of Kente : Maternal Legacies: A Weave of Stories ----- Abena P A Busia : The Gods Wear Kente ----- Raymond A Silverman Interleaf : Scenes of Bonwire Interleaf C: Signs of Bonwire : The Loom and Weaving Technology ----- Doran H Ross ----- Interleaf D: Singing about Kente Interleaf E: Bonwire Kente Festival : Samuel Cophie, Master Weaver ----- Anne Spencer ----- Interleaf F: Women Weavers in Bonwire Interleaf G: Accra Textile Market : Asante Cloth Names and Motifs ----- Doran H Ross : Cloth in Eweland: Historical Perspectives ----- Agbenyega Adedze ----- Interleaf H: Central Ewe and Agotime Weaving Interleaf I: Muhammad Ali : Kente and Its Image Outside of Ghana ----- Doran H Ross Interleaf]: Simple Sly Interleaf K: Dolls I: Pride and Avarice: Kente and Advertising ----- Nii O Quarcoopome : Pride and Dignity ----- Betsy D Quick ----- Interleaf L: Stoles for Alt Occasions Interleaf M: "Still Rise" Interleaf N: Panafest Fashioned Heritage ----- Doran H Ross Catalog of Asante and Ewe Weaving ----- Appendix I: Technical Analysis of Selected Cloths by Mary Jane Leiand Appendix : Glossary of Weaving Terms Appendix : Accession Numbers Notes to the Text References Cited. ISBN 0930741692