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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. This is a study of these textiles and their history. 100 designs have been selected, photographed and analyzed. Diagrams show each design's development from basic motif to complicated pattern. The history of the Shoowa people is traced and the various influences on their designs, such as prehistoric art are discussed.
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- PublisherThames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0500973318
- ISBN 13 9780500973318
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages206
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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Thames & Hudson, 1999
ISBN 10: 0500973318
ISBN 13: 9780500973318
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Seller: Snowden's Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large hardcover in jacket, 205 pages, index, page with motif explanations, glossary, bibliography. Many color and b + w plates and illustrations throughout. Book is quite solid and square. Light rubbing to jacket with light scratching; publisher barcode sticker at rear. Mild reference wear, age-toning to the pages. Only real flaws are light staining to exterior back bottom edges board and at front bottom corner, with both areas obviously behind jacket. Very decent reference copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1745020113938
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardback. Tall 4to. (1995). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Price clipped. No names or marks. Seller Inventory # 011076
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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paperback. Condition: Very Good++. 1999. Thames & Hudson. No marks pages all clean; appears unread. Cover is clean and strong, spine is smooth and not creased. Seller Inventory # SKU1029489
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Shoowa Design
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Thames & Hudson, 1986
ISBN 10: 0500973318
ISBN 13: 9780500973318
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Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP35822060
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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ISBN 10: 0500973318
ISBN 13: 9780500973318
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Softcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Mild edgewear. Seller Inventory # 99620
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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Condition: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block. Seller Inventory # 9780500973318-3
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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ISBN 10: 0500973318
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Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. 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. VG/VG. Some edge wear to dj. Contents clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 193595
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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Condition: Good. 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. Seller Inventory # 9920177
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Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
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Paperback. Condition: very good. little wear and tear. Seller Inventory # Grumpy0500973318
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