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Africa Adorned: A Panorama of Jewelry, Dress, Body Decorations, and Hairstyle
by Fisher, Angela
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing.. Clean large format hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean, unfaded brown cloth boards with unworn gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or mark. Illustrated with gorgeous full color photographs throughout (457 illustrations, including 414 in full color). 304 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (75.00 on front inside flap). Size approx. 10-1/2" x 14". 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 arealso 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 merely decorative, as visually striking as they may be. They speak of values and beliefs, of achievements and status; they play roles in ritual and ceremony; they act as safeguards against evil or disease. An amazing and beautiful book..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31912
- Title
- Africa Adorned: A Panorama of Jewelry, Dress, Body Decorations, and Hairstyle
- Author
- Fisher, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing.
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- AFRICAN ADORNMENT, ANGELA FISHER, AFRICA, COSTUMES,DRESS, JEWELRY, BODY DECORATIONS, HAIRSTYLES, LIFE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Africa;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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