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Item Details
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HAIR IN AFRICAN ART AND CULTURE
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| By: |
Frank Herreman (Editor), Roy Sieber (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3791322915 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783791322919 |
| Publisher: |
PRESTEL |
| Pub. date: |
26 January, 2000 |
| Series: |
African, Asian & Oceanic Art S. |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
In the West, hairstyle choices range from the purely functional to the complex fashion statement. This books shows how in the African continent their significance is far greater. Hair can be an indicator of age, authority, social status and religious affiliation. |
| Synopsis: |
In the West, hairstyle choices range from the purely functional to the complex fashion statement. This books shows how in the African continent their significance is far greater. Hair can be an indicator of age, authority, social status and religious affiliation as well as part of a long tradition of aesthetic adornment or a strictly contemporary style statement. In some cultures hair itself is used as a potent substance with supernatural powers. The significance of hair in African art and life through the centuries is explored in this book through photographs, masks and figures, combs, hairpins, beads, headrests and painted barber shop signs. |
| Illustrations: |
175 colour illustrations, 25 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Prestel |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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