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African
textiles introduction
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Loom types
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Loom types continued
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Raw materials
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Decorative techniques
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History
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Social Organisation
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Myth and religion
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Cloth and society
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Cloth and fashion
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Click on the pictures here to learn about different cloth types
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Adinkra |
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Robes
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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

6.
THE
FANTI, THE COMPANIES AND THE FLAGS OF THE ASAFO by
Federico Carmignani

7.
Images of Power: African Presidents on Printed fabrics

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"THE
CLOTH OF BONDOUKOU" by Duncan Clarke 
Article
by me in HALI magazine #157 Autumn 2008
documents
an important and newly discovered tradition from the Ghana/Ivory
Coast border.
See
our selection for sale here
magazine
copies available
from www.Hali.com
Use
the box below to search for information in our Resources section or
cloths for sale in our Gallery.
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News:
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1. Adire
Gallery
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Click here
to see list of recent updates. Dramatic selection of rare
Bondoukou cloths here
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2.
Exhibitions
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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
THE
POETICS OF CLOTH: AFRICAN TEXTILES / RECENT ART
SEPTEMBER
16 - DECEMBER 6, 2008 at Gray Art Gallery, New York University.
Details here
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
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Recent Publications
Catalogues
accompany the Metropolitan Museum and Grey Art gallery shows
above. "The
Cloth of Bondoukou" in HALI 157 Autumn 2008 - important
article by me ! Details at left... African
Costumes and Textiles: From the Berbers to the Zulus by
Anne-Mari Bottiaux et al (5 Continents Press) - well
illustrated volume on major private collection - mostly
costume.
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