Traditional Art of Zaire
San Francisco: The Arcade Gallery, 1988. 6 black and white illustrations, map. Exhibition pamphlet of masks and sculpture. No textiles shown. More about Traditional Art of Zaire
African Textiles
Textiles from Sub-Sahara Africa
Weaving Tradition in Igboland: History and Mechanism of Igbo Textile Industry
Lagos: Nigeria Magazine, 1985. 14 color illustrations 44 black and white. Discusses the Igbo looms and the weaving traditions in the various areas of this West African people. Uncommon and comprehensive. More about Weaving Tradition in Igboland: History and Mechanism of Igbo Textile Industry
Cloth As Metaphor: (Re)-Reading the Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana
Legon: Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 2001. Hundreds of line drawings. Adinkra cloth symbols are very popular in Ghana where the cloth is used in political and religious rituals, funerals and everyday wear. It is made by hand with the block and screen printing technique. The symbols are also used... More about Cloth As Metaphor: (Re)-Reading the Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana
Afrikanische Textilien aus der Sammlung des Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld [African Textiles from the Collection of the Textile Museum Krefeld]
Krefeld: Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld, 2007. 94 color plates. Textile Museum Krefeld exhibition catalog of their holdings of West African textiles. German text. More about Afrikanische Textilien aus der Sammlung des Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld [African Textiles...
Tellem Textiles: Archaeological Finds from Burial Caves in Mali's Bandiagara Cliff
Amsterdam: KIT Press, 1991. 593 black and white 222 figures and drawings. Detailed museum exhibition catalog of 11th - l6th century textiles found in Mali's Tellem caves, with a report on the conservation and analysis of fibers and dyes. With contributions on African archaeology and African textiles. More about Tellem Textiles: Archaeological Finds from Burial Caves in Mali's Bandiagara Cliff
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[Fabrics of West Africa] Les Tissus de l'Afrique Occidentale, Methode de classification et catalogue raisonne des etoffes tissees de l'Afrique de l'Ouest establis a partir de donnees techniques et historiques
Basel: Pharos-Verlag Hansrudolf Schwabe AG, 1972. 274 black and white 6 maps 23 tables. Uncommon, scholarly, and important. Covers the textiles of Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Upper Volta, Niger, Guinée portugaise [Guinea-Bissau], Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana. From the Basler Beitrage zur Ethnologie. French text. More about Fabrics of West Africa] Les Tissus de l'Afrique Occidentale, Methode de classification et...
West African Textiles and Garments from the Museum für Völkerkunde Basel
[Minneapolis?]: University of Minnesota, 1980. 14 black and white. Uncommon. Museum exhibition catalog and abridged and revised translation of "Recherche sur l'histoire des textiles traditionnels tissés et teints de l'Afrique occidentale" detailing the authors' expedition through West Africa. The illustrations are of weavers and the work of creating textiles rather... More about West African Textiles and Garments from the Museum für Völkerkunde Basel
African Costumes and Textiles from the Berbers to the Zulus: The Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection
Milan: 5 Continents, 2008. Over 250 color plates. Massive. "Celebrating African costumes and textiles, this volume draws on historical and modern pieces from the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection. The extraordinary works presented exemplify the craftsmanship of highly skilled African weavers and provide insight into the lives and culture of various ethnic groups." More about African Costumes and Textiles from the Berbers to the Zulus: The Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection
Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time
New York: Neuberger Museum of Art, 2015. 160 color plates 32 black and white. Important and uncommon museum exhibition catalog of the Congo textile holdings of the Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale in Belgium and the Sheppard Collection of Hampton University. The exhibition consisted of forty-one Kuba skirts and overskirts... More about Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time
African Lace-bark in the Caribbean
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. 39. "In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their traditions and culture, slaves retained certain customs and nurtured them in the Caribbean. The creation of... More about African Lace-bark in the Caribbean
Textiles africains
Paris: Adam Biro, 1993. 75 color plates 95 black and white. Sub-Saharan African textiles with an emphasis on Kuba and Pygmy weavings in the Democratic Republic of Congo. French text. [CSROT t3140]. More about Textiles africains
Nigerian Handcrafted Textiles
Ile-Ife, Nigeria: University of Ife Press, 1976. 24 color plates 71 black and white. Includes chapters on geographical areas, fibres, fabrics and dyes, woven textiles, historical evidence of weaving, types of looms, dyed textiles, pattern-dyed textiles, whole-piece dyed textiles, ikat textiles, other textile crafts, embroidery, applique, and drawnwork. More about Nigerian Handcrafted Textiles
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Au fil de la parole [Over the Floor]
Paris: Éditions Dapper, 1995. 84 color plates. Musée Dapper exhibition catalog of West African textiles and a small section of sculptures from Cote d'Ivore. The Dapper was a private museum specializing in African art. French text. More about Au fil de la parole [Over the Floor
Turkana, Pastoral Craftsmen
Nairobi: Transafrica, 1977. 8 color plates 105 black and white. The material culture of the Turkana people of Kenya. Lots of costumes and jewelry are shown. More about Turkana, Pastoral Craftsmen
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[Woven Beauty: The Art of West African Textiles] Raffiniert und Schön. Textilien aus Westafrika
Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag / Museum der Kulturen, 2009. 145 mostly color illustrations. Museum exhibition catalog. "The richly illustrated and expertly designed publication accompanying the exhibition offers an impressive overview of West African textile culture, highlighting Mali, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Editor Bernhard Gardi was a member of the..... More about Woven Beauty: The Art of West African Textiles] Raffiniert und Schön. Textilien aus Westafrika
Textiles du Mali: d'après les collections du Musée national du Mali
Bamako: National Museum of Mali, 2003. 84 color 34 black and white. Uncommon museum exhibition catalog of Malian textiles from this West African country. Chapters include Tellem textiles, wool, cotton, indigo, dye preperation, bogolan, historic and contemporary costumes. French text. More about Textiles du Mali: d'après les collections du Musée national du Mali
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Arkilla Kerka. tekstiilejä Länsi-Afrikasta [Arkilla Kerka: West African Textiles]
Tampere: Pyynikinlinna, 1991. 88 color plates. Uncommon museum exhibition catalog of these woven wool and cotton bed-screens from West Africa. Finnish text. "The woollen marriage bed-screens Arkilla kerka are one of the types in the broad category of the marriage bed-screens generically called Arkilla woven in the Inland Delta of... More about Arkilla Kerka. tekstiilejä Länsi-Afrikasta [Arkilla Kerka: West African Textiles
Sierra Leone Weaving
Hertfordbury: Roxford Books, 1984. 32 color plates 194 black and white. "The quality and sophistication of locally woven textiles has long been appreciated within Sierra Leone; and the display of Sierra Leone 'country cloths' at the great British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 aroused the admiration of large numbers... More about Sierra Leone Weaving
Nigerian Weaving
Roxford: Lamb, 1980. 70 color plates 354 black and white. This is the standard work on Nigeria's textiles. More about Nigerian Weaving
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[Losa: Wickerwork of the Mbole] Losa. Flechtwerke der Mbole
Munich: Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Fred Jahn, 1989. 39 monochrome plates 5 figures 1 map. Traveling exhibition catalog of woven wicker mats from the Mbole of the Congo. German text. More about Losa: Wickerwork of the Mbole] Losa. Flechtwerke der Mbole
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Traumzeichen. Raphiagewebe des Königreichs Bakuba [Raffia cloth of the Kingdom of Bakuba]
Munich: Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Fred Jahn, 1989. 37 color plates and 56 black and white illustrations of textiles. 5 pages of figures and maps. Exhibition catalog of Bushoong, Shoowa, and Ngongo textiles. German text. More about Traumzeichen. Raphiagewebe des Königreichs Bakuba [Raffia cloth of the Kingdom of Bakuba
Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa
Washington D.C. The Textile Museum, 2011. Fully illustrated in color, this exhibition catalog presents 142 never-before-published African textiles and baskets from the outstanding private collections and objects that were donated to The Textile Museum. More about Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa
Traditional African Dress and Textiles presented by Howard University School of Human Ecology at the Museum of African Art
Washington D.C. Howard University School of Human Ecology, 1975. 15 black and white plates 17 black and white figures. "An Exhibition of the Susan B. Aradeon Collection of West African Dress at the Museum of African Art" More about Traditional African Dress and Textiles presented by Howard University School of Human Ecology at...
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Textile History Volume 11 1980 [African Textiles]
Bath: Pasold Research Fund, 1980. 171 black and white figures. A scholarly review on the economic and social history of textiles. This issue is devoted to African textiles. Contents: An Introduction to Traditional African Weaving and Textiles by Dale IdiensThe Classification and Distribution of Horizontal Treadle Looms in Sub-Saharan Africa by... More about Textile History Volume 11 1980 [African Textiles
Status Symbols: African Textiles and Adornments
Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1995. 15 color plates. University museum exhibition catalog of African art including 7 textiles, 6 pieces of jewelry and 3 hats. Uncommon. More about Status Symbols: African Textiles and Adornments