Catalog of an exhibition held at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Feb. 8-May 8, 2011.
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textile design--africa, textile fabrics--africa
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Category
Exhibition catalog
Book Details
Author
Susan Cooksey, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Cynthia J. Becker
Publisher
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
Place Published
City
Gainesville, FL
Date Published
2011
ISBN
9780983308508
LCCN
2011007064
Notes
Length: 159
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Contents
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Tracing the routes of indigo : four textiles from West Africa / Susan Cooksey -- A noble multimedia/intermedia event : the Ako celebration of the Owo Yoruba kingdom / Robin Poynor -- Trans-Saharan aesthetics : textiles at the desert fringe / Cynthia Becker -- West African embroidery : history, continuity, and innovation / Victoria L. Rovine -- Ghanaian kente and African-print commemorative cloth / Suzanne Gott -- Prints and politics : reflections on President Obama's visit to Ghana / Christopher Richards -- Bazin in Mali : the crossroads of style / Susan Cooksey -- Bark and raffia cloth : interpreting indigenous prestige / Susan Cooksey -- Futa benadir : a Somali tradition within the folds of the western Indian Ocean / Sarah Fee -- The emergence of the kanga : a distinctly East African textile / MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- Cloth and performance : the work of Viyé Diba and Achamyeleh Debela / Susan Cooksey -- Griffins, crocodiles, and the British ensign : Kweku Kakanu's asafo flags and followers / Courtney Micots -- Displaying the ostentatious : contemporary chieftancy dress and the Ebonko costume from Calabar, Nigeria / Jordan A. Fenton -- Transfigured textiles : masquerades and imported cloth / Susan Cooksey.
