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African Textile Resources Centre

African textiles introduction

1. Loom types
2. Loom types continued
3. Raw materials
4. Decorative techniques
5. History
6. Social Organisation
7. Myth and religion
8. Cloth and society
9. Cloth and fashion
Click on the pictures here to learn about different cloth types

Adinkra

Adire

Robes

Nigerian women

Asafo

Aso oke

Bogolan

Ewe

Francophone

Indigo

Kente

Kuba

 

Links

Weaving stories, textile tales:

1.  Images of Jukun and Tiv weavers, 2002 

2. "Images of African Leadership" -  a vintage postcards exhibit for Black History Month 2003.

3. An African Quilt

4. A glimpse of weaving in Burkina Faso. Some images from a recent trip. 

5. A. James: Studio Photography from Conakry

7. Images of Power: African Presidents on Printed fabrics

 

 

THE FANTI, THE COMPANIES AND THE FLAGS OF THE ASAFO

 

 

by Federico Carmignani 

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 News:

1. Adire Gallery 

Click here to see list of recent updates. We will be collecting in Ghana shortly.

 

2. Exhibitions
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design without End
September 30, 2008–March 29, 2009
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas—The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, 1st floor, Metropolitan Museum, New York

TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity
June 11, 2008—December 8, 2008 National Museum of African Art, Washington

Meditations on African Art: Pattern
March 12 – August 17, 2008 Baltimore Museum of Art

 

 

3. Recent Publications