Cloth is the Center of the World

Nigerian Textiles, Global Perspectives. A 2001 exhibition catalogue

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Printing Details

First edition. Card covers. 25.5 × 19cm, 79pp

A companion catalogue to an exhibition organised by the Goldstein Museum of Design, Dept. of Design, Housing and Apparel, at the University of Minnesota. Edited by Susan Torntore, this catalogue contains a preface (Cloth as the Center of My World by Joanne B Eicher), and introduction (The Center of Many Worlds: Perspectives on Four Nigerian Textiles), and four essays: 1. "We weave it:" Akwete Weavers, their Patrons, and Innovative in a Global Economy by Lisa Aronson; 2. "Our Great Mother... tied this cloth:" Pelete Bite Cloth, Women, and Kalabari Identity by Elisha P Renne; 3. Of Polomints and Alphabets: The Eicher Collection of African Wax Cloth by Anne M Spencer; and 4. #Leave velvet alone:" The Adire Tradition of the Yoruba by Norma H Wolff. The catalogue is illustrated within the text.

Condition

Very good condition, but with a small tear to the fore-edge of the front cover.

ISBN

0939719126