The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items.
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The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1550grams, ISBN: 9780500973318.
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VG/VG. Some edge wear to dj. Contents clean and tight. Orange and black illus wraps with black lettering. 205 pp. 102 color plates and primarily bw illustrations. "The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, in what is now Zaire, have been designing and making beautiful textiles for hundreds of years. These intricate designs, in bold earthy colors, have had a variety of uses-as a type of currency, as dowries, status symbols, shrouds, and even as religious vestments..."-from hardcover dj flap.
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Very Good. 0500973318. Minimal library marks, otherwise text clean and solid; NOTE: additional postage necessary for international shipping; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 205 pages.
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Fine. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 205 pages. Thick 4to, orange cloth with black lettering, d.w. New York: Thames & Hudson, (1995). First edition. Review copy--fine in fine dust wrapper.
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4to (32x26cms)205 pages, bibliography, glossary, 104 coloured plates, 17 b & w reproductions, 1000 line drawings: an impressive study of over 100 textile designs and their history, along with an ethnology of these people from Zaire; hardback vg vg dw A SCARCE & MAGNIFICENT BOOK, a heavy book that may attract extra postage.
