Shoowa Design, African textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba

Meurant, Georges

ISBN 10: 0500973318 / ISBN 13: 9780500973318

Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, 1986

About this Item

1st prtg. tan cloth, unclipped dj w/ full color wrap-around photo Kuba textile in protective sleeve, all exc, unread, as new cond; Kuba design beige eps, 102 ex analyzed in detail & illus in color, many motifs identified in b/w, 205 pp. a pristine copy of an important resource. Size: 10"-12".

Seller Inventory # RB3046

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shoowa Design, African textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500973318
• ISBN 13: 9780500973318
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Africa
  • Textiles

About this title

Synopsis

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.