Description
An illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction Textiles as a context of culture: What is a textile?; Textile design; Male and female weavers, The Raw Materials- Wool; Silk; Cotton; Bast; Raphia; Indigo and other dyes; Barkcloth and other felted fabrics, The Loom Methods of applying warp tension; Shedding devices; The structural basis of textile design, The Single-Heddie Loom, The Berber loom; The Nigerian vertical loom; Single-heddle looms; employing discrete warp lengths, The Double-Heddie Loom, The double-heddle loom in West; Africa: Mende, Bamana, Fulani; Djerma, Hausa, Yoruba, Asante, Ewe, Manjaka-Papel,_ variations of loom Structure, Weaving in Madagascar, Loom types; Malagasy cloth, Pattern dyeing. Yoruba adire cloth: Bamana mud cloth, Drawn, Painted, Printed and Stencilled Patterns, Applique and Related Techniques- Quilting; Patchwork, Embroidery- Embroidery in West Africa; Kuba embroidery
