Shire ethnography (14 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. paperback, 8vo, 64pp, illustrated, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, card covers brown spotted, Good condition. ISBN: 0747800952.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No jacket. Shire Ethnography, 1990. Paperback, 8vo, 64pp, illust. A good copy. 0747800952/0.2uk.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No jacket. Shire Ethnography, 1988. Paperback, 8vo, 64pp, illust. Owner name. A good copy. 0852639430/0.2uk.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Chapters devoted to houses, decorations, warshields, museums to visit, artwork, houseboards, and settlement patterns. 72 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Zustand: Good. Corners sl. bumped.

Zustand: Good.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Wrappers. 72pp. Black and white illustrations. Rubbing and faint spoiling thus very good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 64pp. 21cm. 2 maps and 46 Black and white illustrations. Index. Soft covers. Very small nick at foot of spine. A good clean copy.

Original brochure, 15*21 cm. Zustand: Gut. 64 p., 43 ill. A good and very clean copy. - Beads have been used as currency and adornment since the earliest times. As Africa developed trade contacts, beads were imported from India and the east from as early as the first century AD and glass beads have been found in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Later, European traders brought beads by the shipload to buy gold, ivory and slaves. Such trade beads were made in Venice, Bohemia and Amsterdam. As beads became commoner they were used to make bead ornaments in increasing quantity and variety. The many types of beads and beadwork that occur in Africa, from the Sudan and the Horn of Africa through East Africa to South Africa and Namibia, are differentiated and described within their cultural setting in this book. Beadwork ornaments may be used as status symbols for royalty and important men or as part of the dress suitable for a young bride or a married woman. Zulu girls make bead ornaments (the 'Zulu love letters') for their young men; the messages are subtly conveyed by combinations of colours. Childless women decorate dolls with beads, hoping to get a real baby. Even everyday things stools, gourds, snuff boxes, smoking pipes and musical instruments are embellished with beads. - About the author: Margret Carey began her career as an archaeologist, then became an assistant keeper in the British Museum's Department of Ethnography (now the Museum of Mankind, London) from 1953 till the birth of her elder daughter in 1961. She has also worked as an assistant in the ethnographical section of the Horniman Museum, London, and is currently a special assistant at the Museum of Mankind, where she designed an exhibition on the Bemba people of Zambia. Her special areas of interest are in the art and beadwork of eastern and southern Africa, and she has contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica on these subjects. She has written reviews and edited books on African art, including Masks and Figures from Eastern and Southern Africa, and written an illustrated paperback, Myths and Legends of Africa (both Hamlyn). ISBN 9780747801009 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

Softcover, 15*21. Zustand: Gut. 72 Seiten altersbedingt guter bis sehr guter Zustand, Einband leicht nachgedunkelt 201025189 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.

Original brochure, 15*21 cm. Zustand: Gut. 56 p., 45 ill. Binding slightly foxed, otherwise good and very clean. - Beads have been used as currency and adornment since the earliest times. As Africa developed trade contacts, beads came in from India and the East from as early as the first century AD. After the fifteenth century, glass beads from Venice, Bohemia and Amsterdam were imported and traded for the natural wealth of Africa, its slaves, ivory, palm oil et cetera. Coral beads from the Mediterranean and cowrie shells from the Indian Ocean were also traded for African goods. The wealth of African kingdoms is reflected in the variety and elaboration of beadwork and beaded regalia used at the court and in its ceremonies. At Benin the use of coral beads was a strictly regulated royal monopoly, with an annual 'strengthening' ceremony. Yoruba chiefs of Nigeria own several beaded crowns, beaded robes and footstools. Chiefs in Cameroon have beaded thrones, lifesize figures, ceremonial gourds and pipes among their treasures. In Zaire the King of the Kuba may wear full regalia weighing 84 kg. Early records add to the fascinating and complex story of how beads played a part in the interaction of Africa and Europe. Ordinary people had their own beadwork styles; these, though less well known and studied, show how beads figure in almost every aspect of African life. - Contents: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- BEAD TYPES -- SENEGAL, THE SAHEL AND GHANA -- NIGERIA -- THE BIGHT OF BIAFRA TO GABON -- ZAIRE AND ANGOLA -- MUSEUMS -- FURTHER READING - INDEX. ISBN 9780747801009 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. …