Africa adorned - Angela Fisher
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KORTE INHOUD
Everywhere among the peoples of Africa, even those who eke out a nomad's existence, the visitor sees objects of great beauty and style, often of extraordinary craftsmanship. Worn by men and women - whose bodies are also often painted or decoratively scarred, whose hair may be plaited or piled up elaborately or tinted with ocher, animal fat, or mud - the objects are often of great value, cast in gold or wrought in silver, inlaid with semi-precious stones, ivory, and coral.These remarkable adornments are not ...
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Hardcover, Jacket: Very Good, 36 x 27 cm, 316 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. A documentation of the incredible panoply of African jewelry and body adornment, surveying every major tribal style and every material used.;...