SHOOWA DESIGN. African Textiles From the Kingdom of Kuba
London and New York: 1986 (first edition). 205 pages, 100 pages of color and 14 pages of b/w photographs, more than 1,000 drawings, 3 maps. Cloth cover. Item #11436
Quite probably the largest study published on Kuba cloth, this strikingly handsome volume is a welcome respone to the recent great interest in the complex and multiform textiles of the Shoowa people of the Kuba kingdom. the author has examined more than 7,000 pre 1904 textiles, and from these he has selected the finest for the multitude of illustrations and for inclusion in the discussion and analyses.
Price: $225.00
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